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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)
    appear in the Sahara. Abbassia Pluvial Mousterian Pluvial African humid period North African climate cycles van Zinderen-Bakker E. M. (1962-04-14). "A...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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...
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