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 …

Historic human–climate interactions have been of interest to scholars for a long time.
However, exploring the long-term relation between prehistoric demography and climate …

Demography is increasingly being invoked to account for features of the archaeological
record, such as the technological conservatism of the Lower and Middle Pleistocene, the …

The severe cooling and the expansion of the ice sheets during the Last Glacial Maximum
(LGM), 27,000–19,000 y ago (27–19 ky ago) had a major impact on plant and animal …

The peopling of Sahul (the combined continent of Australia and New Guinea) represents the
earliest continental migration and settlement event of solely anatomically modern humans …

Radiocarbon dates form the basis of many archaeological chronologies that span the last
50,000 years. Since the first studies in the early 1950s the method has changed almost …

Comprehensive review of archaeological data shows that Sahul (Pleistocene Australia-New
Guinea) was first occupied by humans ca. 47 ka (47,000 years ago); evidence for earlier …

Future changes in sea-level are projected to have significant environmental and social
impacts, but we have limited understanding of comparable rates of change in the past. Using …

A number of models, developed primarily in the 1980s, propose that Aboriginal Australian
populations contracted to refugia–well-watered ranges and major riverine systems–in …

Originally designed to explain causes of increased productivity in agricultural systems, the
concept of intensification has become widely linked to hunter-gatherer archaeology …