Tag: Holocene
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Oldest Known Cremation Pyre in Africa Reveals Complex Hunter-Gatherer Society
Unveiling Africa’s Ancient Cremation Pyre In a discovery that challenges assumptions about early human societies, researchers have identified a cremation pyre dating back about 9,500 years. Located in a rock shelter at the foot of Mount Hora in northern Africa, this ancient funerary site suggests that hunter-gatherer communities possessed more complex ritual practices than previously…
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North American Ice Sheets Triggered Most of the End-Ice-Age Sea-Level Rise, Study Finds
Breakthrough reshapes our view of last‑ice‑age sea level A Tulane University-led study has overturned long‑standing assumptions about the forces behind the dramatic global sea‑level rise that marked the end of the last ice age. The research, published in Nature Geoscience, finds that melting ice sheets in North America contributed far more to sea‑level rise between…