Paleo-Environmental Data

(noun)

Data that encompass information about fossilized organisms and their associated environment, including their life cycle, living interactions, and manner of death and burial.

Related Terms

  • Land Bridge
  • BCE
  • Solutrean hypothesis
  • hypothesis
  • Pre-Columbian
  • radiocarbon dating
  • artifact

Examples of Paleo-Environmental Data in the following topics:

  • Archaeology and History

    • A number of scientific studies into genetics, time-dating, and paleo-environmental data have been conducted to test these theories.
    • Over the course of millennia, these Paleo-Indians spread throughout North and South America.
    • The Lithic stage or Paleo-Indian period is defined initially as a big-game period.
  • Early Lifestyles

    • Paleo-Indians, or Paleo-Americans, were the first peoples who entered and subsequently inhabited the American continent.
    • The Paleo-Indian would eventually flourish all over the Americas, creating regional variations in lifestyles.
    • Environmental changes and multiple waves of migration also led to the formation of distinct cultures.
    • These environmental changes would not only alter hunting and migration patterns, but would also lead to the evolution of diverse civilizations in the Americas.
    • Describe how the first settlers of the Americas adapted to environmental changes
  • Migration to North America

    • Civilization in America began during the last Ice Age when nomadic Paleo-Indians migrated across Beringia.
    • The archeological evidence suggests that the Paleo-Indians' first dispersal into the Americas occurred near the end of the LGM. 
    • As early Paleo-Indians spread throughout the Americas, they diversified into many hundreds of culturally distinct tribes.
    • It is believed that a small Paleo-Indian population of a few thousand survived the Last Glacial Maximum in Beringia.
    • Describe early inhabitants of the Americas and the environmental changes that made migration possible
  • Difference of two means exercises

    • One group spent 6 months on the Paleo diet.
    • (a) The 95% confidence interval for the difference between the two population parameters (Paleo - control) is given as (-0.891, 4.891).
    • Interpret this interval in the context of the data.
    • (b) Based on this confidence interval, do the data provide convincing evidence that the Paleo diet is more effective for weight loss than the pamphlet (control)?
    • A summary table for these data is given below.
  • Conclusion: Pre-Colonial Development of North America

    • Many separate indigenous cultures developed and prospered in North America after the first waves of nomadic Paleo-Indians migrated to the continent across Beringia near the end of the Last Glacial Maximum.
    • Civilization in America began during the last Ice Age when nomadic Paleo-Indians migrated across Beringia.
    • Some genetic research indicates that secondary waves of migration occurred after the initial Paleo-Indian colonization, but prior to modern Inuit, Inupiat, and Yupik expansions.
    • The Paleo-Indians would eventually flourish all over the Americas, creating regional variations in lifestyles while sharing a common style of stone tool production.
    • As various cultures developed over time and environmental changes allowed for many cultural traditions to flourish, similar social structures and religious beliefs developed.
  • Environmental audits

    • Professional auditors go a step further, using the term environmental audit to describe the gathering, checking and analysis of material use – as well as the measuring of waste and emission levels.
    • Make no mistake, despite the fact that the word ‘environment' makes up the name, environmental audits are similar to financial audits in that they are very effective in reducing waste.
    • Likewise, environmental audits can be performed by either trained employees or licensed professionals and they come in all shapes and sizes ranging from a simple checklist to a comprehensive investigation of a company's operations.Typical areas of examination include:
    • Additional services can include degrees of compliance with environmental laws and regulations, uncovering the expectations of customers, and liability obligations.
  • Calculating carbon footprints

    • Employees usually enjoy seeing how their efforts help reduce environmental degradation so displaying carbon emission reductions alongside other relevant data can help create motivation and a strong sense of achievement.
    • For more information about carbon footprints and their calculation, consult the free online calculators available on the websites of reputable environmental organizations, government departments and/or reliable energy organizations (note: make sure that your calculations take into account the energy practices and energy sources of your specific country or region).
  • Scanning and Analysis

    • Environmental scanning is one technique used by organizations to monitor the environment.
    • One technique used by organizations to monitor the environment is known as environmental scanning.
    • In a sense, such data collection scanning acts as an early warning system for the organization.
    • The six environmental factors of the PESTEL analysis are the following:
    • Describe how environmental scanning helps marketers understand the current state of the marketplace
  • Southwestern Culture

    • Environmental changes allowed for many cultural traditions to flourish and develop similar social structures and religious beliefs.
    • Three of the major cultural traditions that impacted the region include the Paleo-Indian tradition, the Southwestern Archaic tradition, and the Post-Archaic cultures tradition.
  • Social Responsibility Audits

    • An audit is a systematic independent examination of data, statements, records, operations, and performance (financial or otherwise) of a process or enterprise for a stated purpose.
    • This type of accounting originated in the early 1990s and is known by various names, including social accounting, sustainability accounting, CSR reporting, environmental and social governance (ESG) reporting, and triple-bottom-line accounting (encompassing social and environmental as well as financial reporting).
    • Social accounting is the process of communicating the social and environmental effects of an organization's economic actions to particular interest groups within society—including investors, customers, and NGOs—as well as to society at large.
    • In consequence, most social, environmental, and sustainability reports are produced voluntarily by corporations themselves and are not held to the same legal standards as financial reporting, for example.
    • Environmental-related accounting might address pollution emissions, resources used, or wildlife habitats damaged or re-established.
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