A series of publications purport to provide evidence that the Earth was subjected to an
extraterrestrial event or events at∼ 12.9 ka creating an environmental cataclysm and the …

Human evolution was strongly related to environmental factors. Woodlands and their
products played a key role in the production of tools and weapons, and provided unique …

Large volcanic eruptions occurring in the last glacial period can be detected by their
accompanying sulfuric acid deposition in continuous ice cores. Here we employ continuous …

Carbonatites are rare but worldwide occurring igneous rocks and their genesis remains
enigmatic. Field studies show a close spatial but controversially debated genetic …

Detailed knowledge about the interactions between vegetation, climate and land use during
the Mesolithic and Neolithic, at the transition from foraging to farming, is still scarce in the …

Climatic warming from the last glacial maximum to the current interglacial period was
punctuated by a∼ 1300 years long cold period, commonly referred to as the Younger Dryas …

Chemical profiles from Greenland ice cores show that the frequency of volcanism was
higher during the last glacial-interglacial transition (LGIT) and early Holocene,(17–9 ka b2k) …

The study of the peopling of the Americas has been transformed in the past decade by
astonishing progress in paleogenomic research. Ancient genomes now show that Native …

Chernozems/Phaeozems are important agricultural resources and have been intensively
used for millennia. However, their origin and age are still controversial. In Europe, the …

Due to a general scarcity of archives and a lack of temporally highly resolved records, the
response of Central European ecosystems to abrupt climate change during the Late …