huntergatherers

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As the last ice sheet receded, Cunliffe observes, "the hitherto inhospitable north -- the shores of the Baltic and the North Sea -- became congenial, welcoming environments for the huntergatherers now colonizing the more northerly parts of the continent, while to the south, in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the productive coastal environments became successively more restricted with rapidly rising sea levels."

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As the last ice sheet receded, Cunliffe observes, "the hitherto inhospitable north -- the shores of the Baltic and the North Sea -- became congenial, welcoming environments for the huntergatherers now colonizing the more northerly parts of the continent, while to the south, in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the productive coastal environments became successively more restricted with rapidly rising sea levels."

unknown title 2009