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Sep 22, 2023
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What would it have been like being human in the last interglacial? The Eemian Interglacial lasted about fifteen thousand years, ending around 115,000 years ago - the evolution of homo sapiens was well underway by then. But how would an individual have experienced the world around them? What thoughts would they have had, what feelings would they have fel…

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