Onshore and offshore evidences for four abrupt “warming” episodes during MIS 6 at the westernmost tip of continental Europe: did they control the migrations of Neanderthals?
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| Date | 2019-12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Author(s) | Lefort J.P.1, Danukalova G.A.2, 3, Eynaud F.4, Monnier J.L.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : CNRS UMR 6566 CReAAH, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, Laboratoire Archéosciences (bât. 24-25), CS 74205, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France 2 : Institute of Geology, Ufimian Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450077, Ufa, K. Marx, Str. 16/2, Russia 3 : Kazan Federal University, 18, Kremlevskaya St., 420008, Kazan, Russia 4 : UMR 5805 EPOC, Université de Bordeaux, Allée Goeffroy Saint-Hilaire, F-33615, Pessac, France |
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| Source | Quaternary International (1040-6182) (Elsevier BV), 2019-12 , Vol. 534 , P. 103-115 | ||||||||||||||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.02.024 | ||||||||||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Keyword(s) | MIS 6 climatic changes, Westernmost Europe, Malacology, "Warming" episodes, Palaeolithic migrations | ||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The total shell production typical of the Pupilla association in the onshore site of Nantois (Brittany, France) evidenced for the first time four brief, abrupt, warm and humid episodes during the Upper Saalian (MIS 6) loess deposition. These “warming” events were also found in the marine deposits of the Celtic Sea (MD03-2692 core). Comparison with the variations of the sea-level, show that the “warming” episodes were not only of regional interest but corresponded to global events ruled by precession and insolation cycles. Other comparisons with biomarker records (mollusсs, charcoal and rodents) of the Paris Basin (Villiers-Adam) and Jersey Island (La Cotte de Saint Brolade) confirm the existence of these warmer events. Tentative correlations with the discontinuous Neanderthal dwelling phases recorded in Brittany suggest that these populations were mainly (only?) present in Westernmost Europe during the warmer episodes. |
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