Last Interglacial spanned 130,000-115,000 years ago. Temperatures peaked 2-4°C warmer than present in Arctic summers. Global sea levels rose 6-9 meters above today. Greenland contributed 0.6-3.5 meters to sea level rise. Antarctica ice melted contributing uncertain amount. CO2 levels held at 280 ppm. Forests extended to North Cape Norway. Hippos ranged to northern England. Straight-tusked elephants roamed Europe. Neanderthals hunted elephants and fished. Neanderthals colonized high-latitude Europe. Early modern humans present in West Asia and southern Africa. Modern human populations split earliest with L0 haplogroup. Modern humans reached Arabia and Persian Gulf. Woolly mammoths retreated to refugia. Bison migrated to North America birthing giant species. American lions spread across continent. Hippopotamus absent east of Rhine in Europe. Megafauna thrived pre-glacial extinctions. Eemian lasted longer in southern Europe. AMOC weakened cooling eastern Mediterranean. Aridity pulse hit central Europe at end.