artigo da Quaternary Science Reviews 26 (2007) 2036

Catastrophic early Holocene sea level rise, human migration and the
Neolithic transition in Europe
Chris S.M. Turneya,b,, Heidi Brown



Abstract
The collapse of the Laurentide Ice Sheet and release of freshwater 8740–8160 years ago abruptly raised global sea levels by up to 1.4 m.
The effect on human populations is largely unknown. Here we constrain the time of the main sea level rise and investigate its effect on the
onset of the Neolithic across Europe. An analysis of radiocarbon ages and palaeoshoreline reconstruction supports the hypothesis that
flooding of coastal areas led to the sudden loss of land favoured by early farmers and initiated an abrupt expansion of activity across
Europe, driven by migrating Neolithic peoples.