Optically stimulated luminescence dating using quartz

A Murray, LJ Arnold, JP Buylaert, G Guérin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signals from quartz can be used to determine when
sedimentary archives were deposited. OSL dating uses the accumulation of energy stored in …

When did Homo sapiens first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul?

JF O'Connell, J Allen, MAJ Williams… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens, AMH) began spreading across Eurasia from
Africa and adjacent Southwest Asia about 50,000–55,000 years ago (ca. 50–55 ka). Some …

Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago

C Clarkson, Z Jacobs, B Marwick, R Fullagar, L Wallis… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The time of arrival of people in Australia is an unresolved question. It is relevant to debates
about when modern humans first dispersed out of Africa and when their descendants …

Aboriginal mitogenomes reveal 50,000 years of regionalism in Australia

R Tobler, A Rohrlach, J Soubrier, P Bover, B Llamas… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Aboriginal Australians represent one of the longest continuous cultural complexes known.
Archaeological evidence indicates that Australia and New Guinea were initially settled …

Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-West Australia

P Veth, I Ward, T Manne, S Ulm, K Ditchfield… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Archaeological deposits from Boodie Cave on Barrow Island, northwest Australia,
reveal some of the oldest evidence for Aboriginal occupation of Australia, as well as …

Paleolithic eyed needles and the evolution of dress

I Gilligan, F d'Errico, L Doyon, W Wang, YV Kuzmin - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Eyed needles are among the most iconic of Paleolithic artifacts, traditionally seen as rare
indicators of prehistoric clothing, particularly tailoring. However, recent finds across Africa …

[HTML][HTML] Humans rather than climate the primary cause of Pleistocene megafaunal extinction in Australia

S Van Der Kaars, GH Miller, CSM Turney… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Environmental histories that span the last full glacial cycle and are representative of regional
change in Australia are scarce, hampering assessment of environmental change preceding …

[图书][B] People of the earth: An introduction to world prehistory

B Fagan, N Durrani - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
People of the Earth is a narrative account of the prehistory of humankind from our origins
over 3 million years ago to the first pre-industrial civilizations, beginning about 5,000 years …

Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration

SA Hocknull, R Lewis, LJ Arnold, T Pietsch… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Explanations for the Upper Pleistocene extinction of megafauna from Sahul
(Australia and New Guinea) remain unresolved. Extinction hypotheses have advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Oldest human occupation of Wallacea at Laili Cave, Timor-Leste, shows broad-spectrum foraging responses to late Pleistocene environments

S Hawkins, S O'Connor, TR Maloney, M Litster… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Wallacea Archipelago provides an extraordinary laboratory for the study of
human colonisation and adaptation, yet few detailed archaeological studies have been …