Auel - - Frozen Forests

: Research indicates that from roughly 60,000 to 48,000 years ago , the landscape was dominated by a boreal forest featuring cold-temperate wood taxa and steppe components.

: During warmer, wet interstadials, the expansion of trees promoted landscape stability and active soil development. AUEL - Frozen Forests

: As the climate cooled toward the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) , the landscape underwent a "stepwise" change from these dense forests toward a "glacial desert" after 26,000 years ago. : Research indicates that from roughly 60,000 to