Interglacial 11 kya

The weather turned warm 11 thousand years ago and the present interglacial began.

Holocene temperature variations compared to average of 20^th century. Figure after Robert A. Rohde.

Many of the glaciers melted, it rained heavily, and the oceans rose 100 meters. New animals and plants replaced the old. People took up two different ways of life: Nomads and farmers.