The African humid period (AHP; also known by other names) is a climate period in Africa during the late Pleistocene and Holocene geologic epochs, when... 376 KB (43,079 words) - 15:46, 12 April 2024 |
the beginning and end of the African Humid Period suggests that both the onset and termination of the African Humid Period were abrupt. In fact both events... 28 KB (3,784 words) - 18:32, 21 April 2024 |
Sahara pump theory (category Prehistoric Africa) appear in the Sahara. Abbassia Pluvial Mousterian Pluvial African humid period North African climate cycles van Zinderen-Bakker E. M. (1962-04-14). "A... 14 KB (1,619 words) - 19:19, 27 April 2024 |
Holocene (redirect from Current interglacial period) Limondin-Lozouet, Nicole (1 March 2021). "Alluvial records of the African Humid Period from the NW African highlands (Moulouya basin, NE Morocco)". Quaternary Science... 87 KB (9,312 words) - 05:30, 29 April 2024 |
Holocene climatic optimum (redirect from Mid-Holocene Warm Period) dropped. West African sediments additionally record the African humid period, an interval between 16,000 and 6,000 years ago during which Africa was much wetter... 38 KB (4,402 words) - 16:18, 7 April 2024 |
Capsian culture (redirect from Capsian period) forests at higher altitudes; where the initial phase overlaps with the African humid period. The Capsian diet included a wide variety of animals, ranging from... 9 KB (845 words) - 04:54, 1 April 2024 |
Human history (redirect from History by period) has been challenged by other scholars. This occurred during the African humid period, when the Sahara was much wetter than it is today. This is the traditional... 205 KB (22,703 words) - 05:18, 29 April 2024 |
Lake Chad (category Endorheic lakes of Africa) and the area of the lake also changes dramatically. During the African humid period, the area of Lake Chad reached 400,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi). Due to... 40 KB (4,643 words) - 18:13, 23 April 2024 |
Richat Structure (redirect from Eye of africa) these sediments accumulated between 15,000 and 8,000 BP during the African humid period. These deposits lie directly upon deeply eroded and weathered bedrock... 23 KB (2,320 words) - 08:00, 22 April 2024 |
Kiffian culture (category African archaeology stubs) approximately 8,000 BC and 6,000 BC in the Sahara Desert, during the African humid period referred to as the Neolithic Subpluvial. Human remains from this... 6 KB (642 words) - 19:33, 3 March 2024 |
Aurochs (redirect from African Aurochs) 000 years ago when the climate in this region was more humid than during the African humid period. Two aurochs bones found in the Romito Cave in Italy were... 78 KB (8,483 words) - 18:50, 27 April 2024 |
societies along the Nile has also been linked to the end of the African humid period.[citation needed] Funeral practices for the peasants would have been... 15 KB (1,496 words) - 08:34, 14 February 2024 |
Nile (category International rivers of Africa) the Nile that no longer exists. This branch was highest during the African Humid Period. The existing Nile has five earlier phases: i) the Upper Miocenian... 74 KB (8,354 words) - 10:09, 5 April 2024 |
Sahara (redirect from Saharan Africa) indigenous cultural identities in the region. African humid period – Holocene climate period during which northern Africa was wetter than today Arid Lands Information... 102 KB (11,695 words) - 20:44, 4 April 2024 |
Mousterian Pluvial (category Prehistoric Africa) described it as a strong African Humid period. During earlier strong African Humid periods, the now-desiccated regions of northern Africa were well-watered,... 5 KB (697 words) - 22:34, 13 November 2023 |
5th millennium BC (section Africa) to the end of the African humid period (c. 3500 BC) and the desiccation of the Green Sahara. During this time, sub-Saharan Africa remained in the Palaeolithic... 73 KB (9,141 words) - 03:18, 22 April 2024 |
Lake Turkana (category African Great Lakes) about 9500 years ago, at the end of the Pleistocene as part of the African humid period. It is generally theorised that Turkana was part of the upper Nile... 43 KB (5,117 words) - 16:56, 21 April 2024 |
failure of harvests, perhaps caused by volcanic dust 900–1300 Medieval Warm Period, wet in Europe, arid in North America, may have depopulated the Great Plains... 7 KB (311 words) - 05:03, 15 April 2024 |
Lake Magadi (category Endorheic lakes of Africa) thousand years ago (during the late Pleistocene to mid-Holocene in the African humid period), the Magadi basin held a freshwater lake with many fish, whose remains... 8 KB (941 words) - 09:39, 17 March 2024 |
Last Glacial Maximum (section Late Glacial Period) Time period with a return to glacial conditions c. 12,900–11,700 years ago African humid period – Holocene climate period during which northern Africa was... 71 KB (7,838 words) - 06:28, 27 April 2024 |
Acacus Mountains (category Prehistoric Africa) continuously in the Holocene despite fluctuating climate in the African Humid Period. These sites have been important in understanding food processing... 14 KB (1,570 words) - 17:51, 17 September 2023 |
been created as early as 10,000 years ago with the beginning of the African Humid Period, when the Sahara was significantly greener and wetter than it is... 7 KB (820 words) - 14:53, 28 March 2023 |