| Climate |
from |
to |
Name |
Y Haplogroup |
Culture |
|
cold |
2.6 |
2.4 |
Pre-Tiglian complex |
Homo habilis |
Lomekwian |
|
cold |
1.8 |
1.6 |
Biber glaciation Eboronian |
Homo erectus |
Oldowan |
| ....VEI 8 |
1.5 |
. |
Karymshina Russia VEI 8 eruption |
. |
Acheulean |
|
warm |
1.4 |
1.1 |
Biber-Danube interglacial |
. |
. |
|
cold |
1.1 |
866 |
Danube glaciation |
. |
. |
|
warm |
866 |
676 |
Danube-Gunz interglacial |
Homo antecessor |
Acheulean |
|
cold |
676 |
621 |
Gunz glaciation |
H heidelburgensis |
Acheulean |
|
warm |
600 |
540 |
Gunz-Haslach interglacial |
. |
. |
|
cold |
540 |
500 |
Haslach glaciation |
Proto neanderthals |
Clactonian |
|
warm |
500 |
478 |
Haslach-Mindel=Cromerian interglacial |
. |
. |
|
cold |
478 |
424 |
Mindel Glaciation |
Proto-neanderthals |
. |
|
warm |
424 |
347 |
Holstein=Mindel-Riss Warmzeit |
H rhodesiensis |
Acheulean |
|
cold |
347 |
230 |
Riss Saale; split proto-neanderthals |
A00, "Perry" |
. |
| ....VEI 7 |
280 |
.. |
Haroharo Caldera VEI 7 |
. |
. |
| ....VEI 8 |
254 |
.. |
Whakamaru Caldera VEI 8 |
. |
. |
|
cold |
230 |
133 |
Saale = Riss |
A0, "Omo" |
. |
| ....VEI 7+? |
220 |
.. |
Puy de Sancy volcano in France VEI 7+? |
A, Neanderthals |
. |
|
warm |
130 |
115 |
Eemian Interglacial |
A, Homo idaltu |
. |
|
warm, wet |
133 |
100 |
Abbassia Pluvial in the Sahara |
CT |
. |
|
cold |
115 |
50 |
Weichselian ice age |
CT - F |
. |
| ....VEI 8 |
75 |
.. |
Mount Toba, largest eruption in 25 million yr. |
CT |
. |
|
warm |
50 |
41.3 |
Glinde and Moershoofd Interstadial |
F - I |
. |
|
warm |
41.3 |
39.4 |
Hengelo Interstadial |
I, Cro-Magnons |
Acheulean |
|
cold |
39.4 |
34 |
Huneborg Stadial |
. |
Mousterian |
| ....VEI 7 |
39 |
.. |
Campi Flegrei (1) caldera VEI 7 |
. |
Aurignacian |
|
warm |
32 |
26.5 |
Denekamp interstadial |
I2 |
Gravettian |
| ....VEI 8 |
26.5 |
.. |
Oranui VEI 8 |
I2a |
. |
|
cold |
26.5 |
20 |
LGM - Last Glacial Maximum |
P37 |
. |
|
warm |
20 |
19 |
Meiendorf Interstadial |
. |
Epi-Gravettian |
|
cold |
19 |
14.7 |
Oldest Dryas, (major extinction event) |
M423 |
. |
| ....VEI 6 |
18.3 |
.. |
Vesuvius (1) VEI 6 |
M423 |
. |
| ....VEI 5 |
16 |
.. |
Vesuvius (2) VEI 5 |
. |
Magdalenian |
|
warm |
14.7 |
12.8 |
Bolling-Allerod interstadial |
Y3104 |
Hamburg |
|
cool |
13.7 |
13.5 |
Older Dryas |
. |
. |
| ....VEI 6 |
12.9 |
.. |
Lacher See VEI 6 |
. |
. |
cold |
12.8 |
11.7 |
Younger Dryas |
L161 |
Ahrensburg |
| ....VEI 5? |
12 |
.. |
Campi Flegrei (2) VEI 5? |
. |
. |
|
normal |
11.7 |
8.2 |
Boreal climate |
L161 |
Maglemosian |
| ....VEI 4 |
11 |
.. |
Vesuvius (3) VEI 4 |
. |
. |
|
cold |
8.2 |
7.8 |
The 8.2 kiloyear events |
S2639 |
Kongemose |
| ....VEI 6 |
8 |
.. |
Vesuvius (4) VEI 6 |
S2639 |
. |
|
warm |
7.5 |
5 |
Atlantic climate |
Y12072, L1498 |
Mesolithic |
|
dry, warm |
5 |
2.5 |
Subboreal climate |
. |
Chalcolithic |
| ....VEI 4 |
4.3 |
.. |
Hekla 4 VEI 4 |
. |
Bronze Age |
| ....VEI 5 |
3.8 |
.. |
Vesuvius (5) VEI 5 |
. |
. |
| ....VEI 7 |
3.5 |
.. |
Mt. Thera (Santorini); "1623 bc events" |
Y5450, Y4665 |
. |
| ....VEI 5 |
3 |
.. |
Hekla 3; "Bronze Age Collapse" |
PF4135 |
. |
|
normal |
2.5 |
now |
Subatlantic climate |
. |
Iron Age |
| ....VEI 5 |
1.9 |
.. |
Vesuvius (6) VEI 5; buried Pompeii |
. |
. |
| ....VEI 7+ |
1.5 |
.. |
Ilopango 'TBJ'; "Migration Period" in Europe |
A13664, Y11772 |
Y12075, A11115 |
