Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Climate

Long-term weather conditions for a given time and place such as the Cenozoicera.

See the individual epochs: Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene. Direct evidence for these climatic patterns and changes comes from marine sediments (deep-sea drilling cores) and palynology (pollen studies).

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Pleistocene climate (Climate during the Pleistocene epoch (1.8 mya to 10 kya) continued to become cooler, and the ...)
Pliocene climate (Climate during the Pliocene epoch (5.3 - 1.8 mya) continued to become cooler and drier; at the ...)
Allen’s rule (... heat in warmer climates. See thermoregulation and crural ...)
dendrochronology (Chronometric dating method based on the principle that trees in dry climates tend to accumulate ...)
long journey hypothesis (... north and west when climate permitted.)