Simon Fraser University
Coastal Pacific Northwest Deglaciation, Biogeography, and Implications for Early Human Presence
Co-Chairs: Michael Wilson ( Douglas College and SFU) wilsonmi@douglas.bc.ca and Estella Leopold (U of W)
New findings from paleontology, palynology, paleogeography, and geochronology set the stage for study of Late Pleistocene flora and fauna, in light of dispersal theory and island biogeography. Reconstructed early postglacial landscapes raise questions about how early colonizing plants and animals may have achieved their distribution and in what ways may they have interacted after the Last Glacial Maximum.