Vegetation and climate changes in the western Chinese Loess Plateau since the Last Glacial Maximum

Ecological Constraints and Drivers for Human Dispersals and Adaptations in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Environments of the East Siberian Arctic

“…These people made a significant contribution to the formation of the ancient Beringian population that colonized the New World but did not participate in it directly. It was formed as a result of the unification of the ancient local genetic lineage of the North Siberian population and a powerful genetic impulse of East Asian origin, which moved northward following the deterioration of natural and climatic conditions in the interior of the continent during the LGM [160,161]. The genetic characteristics of migrants who displaced or assimilated the Ancient North Siberians are known, thanks to the discovery of an incomplete human skull on the lower reaches of the Kolyma River in the well-known Duvannyi Yar exposure [159].…”

“…The consequence of these events was the desertification of the intracontinental area [160,161], migration in the northern direction of the boundaries of vegetation zones, changing landscapes, and spatial redistribution of populations of fauna that served as a resource base for the population of these areas. In fact, the very appearance of microblade production technology based on wedge-shaped cores is most likely a consequence of environmental and climate change and is associated with the fall-out of mammoth from the biome of the southern part of the tundra-steppe of Northern Eurasia since tusks served as an important raw material for the production of hunting equipment-long points and/or full-size spears of mammoth tusks [54].…”