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Martin B. Sweatman
Summary: Research suggests that a major cosmic impact around 10,835 BC may have caused the Younger Dryas climate shift, changes in human cultures, and megafaunal extinctions. While some claims are still unconfirmed, the majority of studies support the idea of a significant cosmic impact at this time, warranting further research.
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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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Hanying Li, Christoph Spoetl, Hai Cheng
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(2021)
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Summary: The Arene Candide Cave in northwestern Italy is a renowned site that has yielded numerous burials dating back to the terminal phases of the Pleistocene. The exceptional preservation of remains and information from excavations beginning in the 1940s allowed researchers to reconstruct a complex pattern of burial manipulation. The Epigravettian necropolis sheds light on funerary behavior during the Late Upper Paleolithic, with potential links to exceptional events and individuals.
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Carlo Baroni, Simona Gennaro, Maria Cristina Salvatore, Susan Ivy-Ochs, Marcus Christl, Riccardo Cerrato, Giuseppe Orombelli
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QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
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Summary: By using measurements of subfossil trees, a revised date for the Laacher See eruption has shifted the chronology of European varved lakes relative to the Greenland ice core record, synchronizing the onset of the Younger Dryas across the North Atlantic-European sector.
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Finn Sufke, Marcus Gutjahr, Lloyd D. Keigwin, Brendan Reilly, Liviu Giosan, Jorg Lippold
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Summary: The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH) suggests that the Earth experienced extraterrestrial events around 12.9 ka, causing an environmental catastrophe. However, this hypothesis lacks a self-consistent scenario and is not supported by evidence in various fields.
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QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
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JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2024)
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Rebecca A. G. Reid, Miranda M. E. Jans, Lesley A. Chesson, Rebecca J. Taylor, Gregory E. Berg
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JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2024)
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JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2024)