Most archaeologists would tell you it couldn't have been humans, who didn't
leave conclusive evidence of their presence in the Americas until about 14,000 years ago.
Not exact matches
Other investigators have suggested the Sahara became drier at the time people
left, but the
evidence was not
conclusive, said Tierney, a UA associate professor of geosciences.
This is not
conclusive evidence of an overshoot in
leaf development that stressed the trees in drier years but it does give some support to that hypothesis that an imbalance in
leaf to stem growth ratios reduces tree vigor, making trees more vulnerable to disturbance.