Does the Sumerian King List Align with Paleoclimate Events?

The analysis rescales the eight antediluvian reigns of the Sumerian King List to a 241.2-ka span, anchors the end to 11.6 ka BP, and compares the resulting boundaries with Quaternary paleoclimate events. Across primary, expanded, and catastrophic event catalogs, permutation tests yield non-significant p-values (0.350, 0.148, 0.021) that become non-significant after multiple-comparison adjustments (q ≥ 0.222), indicating no credible alignment between the list and known climate shifts.