It is in sharp contrast to the warming of the preceding Older Dryas interstadial. The LGM was followed by the Late Glacial Interstadial. I glaciation, at the beginning of the Meiendorf Interstadial around 12,700 BCE. Archaeological evidence shows that humans settled in the area during an interstadial period. Interstadial climate may have been relatively warm but not necessarily. This was an interstadial deglaciation that lessened the harsh conditions of the Ice Age.