Posted on 03/06/2023 7:07:32 AM PST by Red Badger
A study published in early March identified at least eight new groups of ancient humans that lived through earth’s most recent Ice Age.
Researchers used the genomes of 357 ancient European humans who existed between 5,000 and 35,000 years ago to assess which ancestry profiles survived through the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000 t0 19,000 years ago), according to the study published March 1 in Nature. The analysis revealed eight distinct tribal groups who are believed to have existed in Europe and were developed enough to survive through the Ice Age.
Each of the groups were given a unique name, such as the “Gravettian,” “Fournol” and “Vestonice,” all of which were identified by their unique DNA structures. Within the Gravettian culture, individuals were found to not necessarily be biologically homogenous, but had a shared culture identified through weaponry, artwork, and tradition, the authors noted.
It was found that roughly 14,000 years ago there was large-scale genetic turnover in western Europe. This came around the Bolling-Allerod warming period, shortly before the sudden “mini Ice Age” of the Younger Dryas.
During this period, the global climate shifted suddenly and dramatically from hot to cold across the globe, as identified through proxy data in scientific research.
The discovery contributes significantly to our understanding of how ancient human cultures developed and spread through Europe, as well as confirming that the planet went through a dramatic shift in fauna during earth’s last major climate shifts — so large, that it fundamentally changed the way humans exist on the planet today.
If it weren’t for the devastating climatological impacts of this moment in history, there is every chance the human species would look quite different today. It’s unclear how many species of people, animals, plant life, were destroyed during this period, and how far our species had developed prior to this destruction. Many of the answers to these questions are long lost to history, and the power of the planet.
Henry the 8th I Am PinGGG!...........................
We are so adaptable, we can survive when many other creatures do not.
That is the thing with “climate change”. Those who adapt to the climate as it exists will prevail and even prosper, the more able in the future to adapt to further changes of the climate.
Some sort of Darwinian factor is at work here. Beggars and victims need not apply.
Yes died out long ago but the odd anomaly survives.
Of course there’s more of them...
Perfection like me never had Neanderthals for ancestors ...
:)
WOO HOO...more genders!
Ice ages occur naturally. Warm periods occur naturally.
Climate change idiots want to block the sun’s rays in order to prevent global warming.
I guess because we are part of nature, blocking the sun would be a natural event, since we natural creatures created that event.
But, we natural creatures will not be ready for the next ice age if the sun’s rays will have been weakened by our sun blocks. The ice age after human intervention might last forever, and all plants and animals will be doomed.
The best human intervention that could occur, is to block the climate change idiots from causing catastrophic events.
The they/thems
Keep in mind that the ones who have Neanderthal ancestry gave us the renaissance, running water, electricity, airplanes, and put a man on the moon. The ones without Neanderthal ancestry would still be living in mud huts and trying to figure out which grass skirt to wear to the chief's head shrinking party if not for the ones with Neanderthal ancestry.
Within the Gravettian culture, individuals were found to not necessarily be biologically homogenous, but had a shared culture identified through weaponry, artwork, and tradition,
It means they slept around a lot......................
Thanks Red Badger!
[snip] Researchers used the genomes of 357 ancient European humans who existed between 5,000 and 35,000 years ago to assess which ancestry profiles survived through the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000 t0 19,000 years ago)... were given a unique name, such as the "Gravettian," "Fournol" and "Vestonice," ...roughly 14,000 years ago there was large-scale genetic turnover in western Europe. This came around the Bolling-Allerod warming period, shortly before the sudden "mini Ice Age" of the Younger Dryas. [/snip]
My favorite album of theirs is “Close to the Edge”.
Did they ever do DNA research on the Outzi guy?................
The Younger Dryas makes this interglacial quite distinctive and is responsible for the extinction of most Pleistocene megafauna like the mammoths. I remember reading about core samples from an Irish lake that showed the temperature fell from almost as warm as now to full ice age over the course of a summer. This killed the distinctive grasslands the megafauna relied on faster than the grasslands could move south.
Meteor strike in Northern Canada...................
I think some are still around.
And also probably also formed Lake Michigan, and the Carolina Bays formed by great chunks of ice thrown south and east.
SC: time for “the Book.”
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