East African landscapes today are the result of the cumulative effects of climate and land-
use change over millennial timescales. In this review, we compile archaeological and …

The relationship between Earlier Stone Age (ESA) hominins and the southern African
coastal environment has been poorly investigated, despite the high concentration of open …

The human colonization of the Canary Islands represents the sole known expansion of
Berber communities into the Atlantic Ocean and is an example of marine dispersal carried …

Biological invasions are one of the great threats to Earth's ecosystems and biodiversity in the
Anthropocene. However, species introductions and invasions extend deep into the human …

The spread of agriculture across sub-Saharan Africa has long been attributed to the large-
scale migration of Bantu-speaking groups out of their west Central African homeland from …

The elemental analysis via laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry
(LA-ICP-MS) of ancient glass beads from archaeological sites located in Kenya, Tanzania …

The cooling and drying associated with the so-called '8.2 ka event'have long been
hypothesized as having sweeping implications for human societies in the Early Holocene …

The morphological differentiation of African bovids in highly fragmented zooarchaeological
assemblages is a major hindrance to reconstructing the nature and spread of pastoralism in …

Island archaeology is a well-established field within the wider discipline, but African
contributions to it remain scarce. The Canary Islands are unusual in the broader African …

The antiquity and nature of coastal resource procurement is central to understanding human
evolution and adaptations to complex environments. It has become increasingly apparent in …