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Glaciation, sea level and migration

Reconstructing the past

The growing and melting of huge continental ice sheets played an important role in shaping landscapes and affecting the movement of early people. This article looks at how geographers, working with archaeologists and geneticists, are able to reconstruct these events to better understand Earth’s climate and human history

Christopher Darvill

Example of a contemporary ice sheet margin in northeast Greenland

This article is useful for the following A-level topics:

• glaciation

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