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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:paleoclimatic_event
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gptkbp:affectedHumanMigration
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enabled migration across Bering Land Bridge
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gptkbp:affects
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megafauna extinction
flora and fauna distributions
human populations
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:LGM
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Würm_glaciation_(Alps)
gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation_(Northern_Europe)
gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation_(North_America)
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gptkbp:cause
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lowered global sea levels
aridification of some regions
contraction of rainforests
expansion of deserts
exposed continental shelves
formation of land bridges
lower atmospheric CO2 levels
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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maximum extent of ice sheets
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gptkbp:endDate
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about 19,000 to 20,000 years ago
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gptkbp:evidence
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glacial landforms
ice cores
marine sediments
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Holocene_epoch
deglaciation
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gptkbp:glaciersExtendedTo
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gptkb:Antarctica
gptkb:British_Isles
gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Tasmania
gptkb:northern_United_States
gptkb:Patagonia
gptkb:Siberia
northern Poland
northern Germany
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gptkbp:globalTemperature
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about 6°C colder than present
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gptkbp:iceSheetNames
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gptkb:Laurentide_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Greenland_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Cordilleran_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Fennoscandian_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Patagonian_Ice_Sheet
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gptkbp:iceSheetsCovered
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gptkb:Asia
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:Northern_Europe
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gptkbp:occurredIn
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gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch
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gptkbp:precededBy
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interstadial period
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gptkbp:startDate
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about 26,500 years ago
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gptkbp:thrustSeaLevel
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about 120 meters lower than present
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Late_Pleistocene
gptkb:Pleistocene
gptkb:Upper_Paleolithic
gptkb:peopling_of_the_Americas
gptkb:Sunda_Shelf
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Last Glacial Maximum
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