The MIS 11 – MIS 1 analogy , southern European vegetation , atmospheric methane and the “ early anthropogenic hypothesis ”

The MIS 11 – MIS 1 analogy, southern European vegetation, atmospheric methane and the “early anthropogenic hypothesis” P. C. Tzedakis Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, Greece Received: 30 April 2009 – Accepted: 4 May 2009 – Published: 13 May 2009 Correspondence to: P. C. Tzedakis ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.