Response of the Lateglacial fauna to climatic change

► Lateglacial mammal fauna from archeological sites and off-site finds, Switzerland ► Four chronological relevant fauna groups can be recognized. ► The large glacial species, mammoth, rhinoceros, musk ox get extinct 19-17 ka BP. ► At around 14,600 BP species typical of a moderate climate dominate ► In contrast to N-Europe the cooling of YD had no major effect on the mammal fauna.