New Data on the Dynamics of the Mammoth Mammuthus primigenius Distribution in Europe in the Second Half of the Late Pleistocene-Holocene

摘要

The history of the last glacial period is well elucidated in the scientific literature. Integrated studies have made it possible to establish the natural-climatic conditions of this unique time. Vegetation cover and complexes of mammals for some time intervals of the Valdai (Vistula) Ice Age have been recovered [1-3].rnIn these works changes in the mammoth distribution between 50 ka and the Late Holocene were analyzed. The wide interval considered was heterogeneous, and it included three basic stages: the Valdai (Vistula) megainterstadial, correlated with the marine isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3), the late stage of the Ice Age (MIS 2), and the Holocene (MIS 1).