Quaternary Science Reviews

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The International Journal of Earth, Climate and Life Interactions

Quaternary Science Reviews caters for all aspects of Quaternary science, and includes, for example, geology, geomorphology, geography, archaeology, soil science, palaeobotany, palaeontology, palaeoclimatology and the full range of …

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Miryam Bar-Matthews, PhD

Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

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Massive early Middle Pleistocene cheetah from eastern Asia shed light onto the evolution of Acinonyx in Eurasia

Qigao Jiangzuo, ... Jinyi Liu

15 May 2024

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Revisiting macromammal exploitation in the Spanish Cantabrian region during the lower Magdalenian (ca. 20-17 ky cal BP)

R. Portero, ... E. Álvarez-Fernández

15 May 2024View PDF

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Heinrich Event 2 (ca. 24 ka BP) as a chrono-climatic anchor for the appearance of Epipaleolithic backed bladelets microlith industries in the Southern Levant

Itay Abadi, ... Adrian Nigel Goring-Morris

15 May 2024

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Postglacial landscape dynamics and fire regimes in west Central Patagonia, Chile (44°S, 72°W): Evidence from the Cisnes River Basin

Valentina Álvarez-Barra, ... César Méndez

15 May 2024

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Evidence of bears exploitation by early Neanderthals at the middle pleistocene site of payre (MIS 8-6, Southeastern France)

Nicolas Lateur, ... Marie-Hélène Moncel

15 May 2024

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Multisequal aeolian deposition during the Holocene in southwestern Patagonia (51°S) was modulated by southern westerly wind intensity and vegetation type

V. Flores-Aqueveque, ... P.I. Moreno

1 May 2024

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Advances and prerequisites for strontium isotope analyses through laser ablation in an aquatic context – Targeting Mid-Neolithic Baltic Sea harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) mobility and breeding grounds

Adam Boethius, ... Rudolf Gustavsson

1 May 2024View PDF

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New fossil Bovidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from Kromdraai Unit P, South Africa and their implication for biochronology and hominin palaeoecology

Raphaël Hanon, ... José Braga

1 May 2024

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Paleoenvironmental Impacts on Human Evolution in China during the Quaternary

Guest editors: Christopher J. Bae, Wei Wang, Zhongping LaiSubmission deadline: 30 June 2024

Submission deadline: 30 June 2024

Investigating human population dynamics against paleoecological oscillations in the southern Caucasus

Guest editors: Erella Hovers, Ariel Malinsky-Buller - Submission deadline: 1 December 2024

The geography of the southern Caucasus posed major challenges and opportunities for prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations, with its mosaic of distinct ecological niches, large temperature gradients, and strong seasonal fluctuations. The volume …

Climate changes and human occupation in the coastal (sub)Arctic North Atlantic

Guest editors: Natasha Roy, Anne De Vernal, Émilie Gauthier, Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz - Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

The Arctic-Subarctic coastal regions are subject to large amplitude changes of climate and sea ice conditions, which play a vital role in accessibility through navigation and livelihood of the cultural communities since prehistoric times. The …

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SI: The prehistory of salt

5 February 2024

Human-Carnivore Interaction during the Quaternary

18 December 2023

Time Series Analysis for Earth, Climate and Life Interactions

Edited by Martin H. Trauth, Norbert Marwan

26 January 2022

The ICDP Dead Sea Deep Drilled Core: Window into the Late Quaternary Hydro-climate and Seismic History of the East Mediterranean-Levant

Edited by Mordechai Stein, Steve Goldstein

4 January 2022

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Massive early Middle Pleistocene cheetah from eastern Asia shed light onto the evolution of Acinonyx in Eurasia

Revisiting macromammal exploitation in the Spanish Cantabrian region during the lower Magdalenian (ca. 20-17 ky cal BP)

Heinrich Event 2 (ca. 24 ka BP) as a chrono-climatic anchor for the appearance of Epipaleolithic backed bladelets microlith industries in the Southern Levant

Postglacial landscape dynamics and fire regimes in west Central Patagonia, Chile (44°S, 72°W): Evidence from the Cisnes River Basin

Evidence of bears exploitation by early Neanderthals at the middle pleistocene site of payre (MIS 8-6, Southeastern France)

Multisequal aeolian deposition during the Holocene in southwestern Patagonia (51°S) was modulated by southern westerly wind intensity and vegetation type

Advances and prerequisites for strontium isotope analyses through laser ablation in an aquatic context – Targeting Mid-Neolithic Baltic Sea harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) mobility and breeding grounds

New fossil Bovidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from Kromdraai Unit P, South Africa and their implication for biochronology and hominin palaeoecology

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Paleoenvironmental Impacts on Human Evolution in China during the Quaternary

Investigating human population dynamics against paleoecological oscillations in the southern Caucasus

Climate changes and human occupation in the coastal (sub)Arctic North Atlantic

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SI: The prehistory of salt

Human-Carnivore Interaction during the Quaternary

Time Series Analysis for Earth, Climate and Life Interactions

The ICDP Dead Sea Deep Drilled Core: Window into the Late Quaternary Hydro-climate and Seismic History of the East Mediterranean-Levant

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