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Articles | Volume 22, issue 4
Articles | Volume 22, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-747-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-747-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 4
Research article
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10 Apr 2026
Research article |  | 10 Apr 2026

How unstable was the environment during the Penultimate Glacial in the South-Western Mediterranean? Vegetation, climate and human dynamics during MIS 6

Liz Charton, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, Adele Bertini, Odile Peyron, Mary Robles, Vincent Lebreton, and Marie-Hélène Moncel

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New high-resolution pollen data and pollen-inferred climatic reconstructions from the Alboran Sea reveal rapid climate oscillations during Marine Isotope Stage 6 (187–130 ka BP) in the southwestern Mediterranean. Three main phases show shifts from cool-humid to cold-arid and then wetter conditions, with Heinrich Stadial 11 marking severe cooling and steppe expansion. Neanderthals persisted regionally, though HS11 may have contributed to population decline and the end of the Lower Palaeolithic.
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