Meghalayan Age, the Latest Stage in Earth’s 4.54-Billion-Year History Began 4,200 Years Ago When a Global Mega-drought devastated Agricultural Societies

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

4200 years ago, a sweeping mega-drought devastated agricultural societies across the globe, wiping out civilizations from Ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia, Palestine and the Yangtze River Valley. Now, scientists say the cataclysmic event marks the beginning of a new geologic age: the Late Holocene Meghalayan, which encompasses everything from the start of the drought to the present.
meghalayanRead More at Smithsonian.com

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