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The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis: a cosmic catastrophe

Vance T. Holliday, Todd Surovell, David J. Meltzer et al., 2014. Journal of Quaternary Science 29(6), 515–530.

Review concluding that no crater is known, age control is weak at 26 of 29 localities, replication has failed, extinctions were staggered, and archaeological data show no population decline at 12.9 ka.

MYS0D51WZ1P63TH · mystery · click to copyMYounger Dryas impact hypothesisArticledoi: 10.1002/jqs.2724Checked against the original0

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Evidence on the extinction and Clovis questions.

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Holliday, V. T., Surovell, T., Meltzer, D. J., Grayson, D. K., & Boslough, M. (2014). The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis: a cosmic catastrophe. Journal of Quaternary Science 29(6), 515–530. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2724
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