In what way did the climate changes at the end of the Pleistocene NOT affect technology?
a. boats became more common
b. implements for working wood became more prevalent
c. wood became increasingly important as a raw material
d. wooden dugout canoes were replaced by foot travelE. skin-covered boats aided in navigating streams and large bodies of water
Question 2
What factor is associated with the shift away from big game hunting in the temperate latitudes?
a. the development of new technology which allowed them to more efficiently process other resources
b. climate changes which resulted in many former prey animals going extinct or becoming geographically unavailable
c. a decline in human population caused by the environmental shifts made big-game hunting difficult
d. human over-hunting reduced the populations
e. a smaller range of potentially edible species were exploited
Climate has cooled substantially during primate evolution.
Natural Causes of Climate Change
Fossil fuel emissions and climate change
Ancient Climate Change
Ice cores: Periods of rapid climate change especially in North Atlantic
End of the last Pleistocene glacial maximum