Today the river is one hundred times smaller than its glacial maximum.
The Mediterranean did not dry out during the most recent glacial maximum.
The first settlement of Australia most likely occurred during the last glacial maximum.
During the last glacial maximum, the entire Alps were covered in ice.
Such a period between glacial maxima is known as an interglacial.
First mankind had come to Kiyose about 20 thousand years ago, during the last glacial maximum.
They tended to form around the time of the glacial maximum when the glacier was slow and sluggish.
At the glacial maximum of the Ice Age, sea levels were 100 meters (300 feet) lower than they are today.
This explains the rapid appearance of migratory behavior after the most recent glacial maximum.
This is strong evidence that the ancestors of the wolf were isolated on the islands only since the last glacial maximum.