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SUMMARY:(CANCELLED) Extreme glacial implies discontinuity of early human o
 ccupation of Europe - Vasiliki Margari\, University College London
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CONTACT:Jinheum Park
DESCRIPTION:The oldest known hominin remains in Europe [ca. 1.5 to 1.1 mil
 lion years ago (Ma)] have been recovered from Iberia\, where paleoenvironm
 ental reconstructions have indicated warm and wet interglacials and mild g
 lacials\, supporting the view that once established\, hominin populations 
 persisted continuously. We report analyses of marine and terrestrial proxi
 es from a deep-sea core on the Portugese margin that show the presence of 
 pronounced millennial-scale climate variability during a glacial period ca
 . 1.154 to 1.123 Ma\, culminating in a terminal stadial cooling comparable
  to the most extreme events of the last 400\,000 years. Climate envelope
 –model simulations reveal a drastic decrease in early hominin habitat su
 itability around the Mediterranean during the terminal stadial. We suggest
  that these extreme conditions led to the depopulation of Europe\, perhaps
  lasting for several successive glacial-interglacial cycles.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
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