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GG3044
- People and the Ice Age
Course
leader: Scott Elias
This course
examines human adaptation to changing environments during
and immediately after the last ice age. The course integrates
study of the physical environment (ice age climate, glaciation,
sea ice), ice age flora and fauna, and human adaptations,
based on the fossil record and archaeology.
The main
themes are:
- Overview
of Pleistocene environments;
- Late
Pleistocene environments of Europe, Asia, North America,
south America, and Australia;
- Human
adaptations to Late Pleistocene environments in these regions;
- Extinction
of megafaunal mammals;
- Pleistocene
art from caves and burials;
- The
demise of Neanderthals;
Postglacial
environments and human adaptations in Europe, Asia, and the
New World.
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