[HTML][HTML] Late Quaternary sea-level changes and early human societies in the central and eastern Mediterranean Basin: An interdisciplinary review

J Benjamin, A Rovere, A Fontana, S Furlani… - Quaternary …, 2017 - Elsevier
This article reviews key data and debates focused on relative sea-level changes since the
Last Interglacial (approximately the last 132,000 years) in the Mediterranean Basin, and …

Dwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands

R Rozzi, MV Lomolino, AAE van der Geer, D Silvestro… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

The next frontiers in research on submerged prehistoric sites and landscapes on the continental shelf

F Sturt, NC Flemming, D Carabias, H Jöns… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - Elsevier
Submerged prehistory has emerged as a key topic within archaeology over the last decade.
During this period the broader academic community has become aware of its potential for …

[图书][B] The archaeology of Europe's drowned landscapes: Introduction and overview

G Bailey, N Galanidou, H Peeters, H Jöns… - 2020 - Springer
This is the final volume of the SPLASHCOS research network and marks the completion of
an international and collaborative survey to compile and evaluate the known records of …

Coastal structure, sea-level changes and vertical motion of the land in the Mediterranean

M Anzidei, K Lambeck, F Antonioli… - Geological Society …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
The Mediterranean basin is an important area of the Earth for studying the interplay between
geodynamic processes and landscape evolution affected by tectonic, glacio-hydro-isostatic …

How long is 3 km for a butterfly? Ecological constraints and functional traits explain high mitochondrial genetic diversity between Sicily and the Italian Peninsula

S Scalercio, A Cini, M Menchetti, R Vodă… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Populations inhabiting Mediterranean islands often show contrasting genetic lineages, even
on islands that were connected to the mainland during glacial maxima. This pattern is …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily

H Yu, MS van de Loosdrecht, MA Mannino, S Talamo… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Sicily is a key region for understanding the agricultural transition in the Mediterranean
because of its central position. Here, we present genomic and stable isotopic data for 19 …

[图书][B] Geology and archaeology: submerged landscapes of the continental shelf: an introduction

J Harff, GN Bailey, F Lüth - 2016 - lyellcollection.org
Sea-level change has influenced human populations globally since prehistoric times. Even
in early phases of cultural development, human populations were faced with marine …

Estimating the dwarfing rate of an extinct Sicilian elephant

S Baleka, VL Herridge, G Catalano, AM Lister… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Evolution on islands, together with the often extreme phenotypic changes associated with it,
has attracted much interest from evolutionary biologists. However, measuring the rate of …

Estimating crossing success of human agents across sea straits out of Africa in the Late Pleistocene

E Hölzchen, C Hertler, C Willmes, IP Anwar… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
According to the Out-of-Africa theory, humans originated in Africa and from there expanded
into Eurasia. Besides entering Eurasia via a terrestrial route, humans may have used sea …