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Originally Posted by Theodoric
The title of this book, After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC , I thought that the last ice age didn't end until about 12,000 years ago. Surely it was still cold, cold, cold 20,000 years ago.
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It was. "Soon after 20 000BC global warming began. Initially this was rather slow and uneven.....by 15 000BC the great ice sheets had begun to melt....."
Apparently 20 000BC is known as the last glacial maximum (LGM), after which things started to get warmer.
Good book, I recommend it
