View during Glacial Period and Today (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

View during Glacial Period and Today

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Looking out at the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain from the cave entrance at the Pinnacle Point, South Africa, research site--left, 200,000 years ago during glacial phases and lower sea levels, and right, today where the ocean is within yards of the cave entrances at high tides.

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Erich Fisher

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