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    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...
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  • 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...
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    Sahara pump theory (category Prehistoric Africa)
    chariots appear in the Sahara. Abbassia Pluvial African humid period Mousterian Pluvial North African climate cycles van Zinderen-Bakker E. M. (1962-04-14)...
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    palaeoriver believed to have flowed through West Africa as recently as 5000 years ago during the African humid period. The Tamanrasset River basin is thought to...
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  • several different routes of migration. This occurred during the African humid period, when the Sahara was much wetter than it is today. Some sources date...
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    Limondin-Lozouet, Nicole (1 March 2021). "Alluvial records of the African Humid Period from the NW African highlands (Moulouya basin, NE Morocco)". Quaternary Science...
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    Wright, David (2017). "Humans as Agents in the Termination of the African Humid Period". Frontiers in Earth Science. 5: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2017...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    eastern Sahara was the home of several Neolithic cultures. During the African humid period, this was the area with rich vegetation, and the human population...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Wadi Howar (category International rivers of Africa)
    remnant of the ancient Yellow Nile, a tributary of the Nile during the African humid period from about 9500 to 4500 years ago. At that time, savanna fauna and...
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  • 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,...
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    Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System (category Aquifers of Africa)
    region and protecting biodiversity and land resources. Lake Ptolemy African humid period International Atomic Energy Agency: NSAS Project Archived 2007-10-20...
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  • Half-Passage, an Adiabatic MRI Pulse design African humid period, a period during the Holocene when Africa was much wetter than today Afterhyperpolarization...
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    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...
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    Amis de l'Art Rupestre Saharien African humid period "Trust for African Rock Art (TARA)". "Tibesti | mountains, Africa". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved...
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    Dryas – Time period c. 12,900–11,700 years ago with Northern Hemisphere glacial cooling and SH warming African humid period – Holocene climate period during...
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    Dabous Giraffes (category Rock art in Africa)
    to have been done between 6,000 and 8,000 years ago, during the African humid period, when the region was less arid, and the Sahara was a vast savannah...
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    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...
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    pulses. The monsoon in North Africa saw abrupt changes on decadal timescales during the African humid period. This period, spanning from 15,000 to 5,000...
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