The role of seasonality is indisputable in climate and ecosystem dynamics. Seasonal
temperature and precipitation variability are of vital importance for the availability of food …

Determining the degree to which humans relied on coastal resources in the past is key for
understanding long-term social and economic development, as well as for assessing human …

Recent improvements in the analysis of ancient biomolecules from human remains and
associated dental calculus have provided new insights into the prehistoric diet and genetic …

Consecutively to the global sea-level rise, coastal landscapes significantly changed during
the Early Holocene. We explored how coastal mutations have affected ancient human …

Grotta d'Oriente, a small coastal cave located on the island of Favignana (Sicily, Italy) is a
key site for the study of the early human colonization of Sicily. The individual known as …

The Rødhals kitchen midden was located on a tiny stretch of land 18 km from the nearest
major landmass in present-day Denmark. It dates to the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition …

Abstract Several caves from Southern Italy and Sicily provided invaluable evidence,
including several human burials, for reconstructing human adaptations and subsistence in …

The exploitation of marine molluscs during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic is a topic that
has been extensively investigated over the last few years, shedding light on human …

Stable isotopic data (δ13C; δ15N) were obtained from Mesolithic human and faunal remains
from north-eastern Italy in order to document the human diet and provide information on the …

Earth has experienced several phases of glacial and interglacial climates over the past
200,000 years. A majority of that time has been under colder than current conditions. During …