Abrupt climate changes on centennial timescales throughout the Holocene have exerted a
profound influence on both the environment and human culture. Prominent climate …

It is evident that the origin, development, and expansion of agriculture and animal
husbandry during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods across Eurasia facilitated the …

Millet-dominant agriculture built a solid material base for cultural expansion and social
development in prehistoric northern China. Around the middle-late Yangshao period …

Understanding the interplay between subsistence strategies and settlement patterns is
fundamental for understanding past social-economic and cultural changes. Around the third …

Summary Southern East Asia is the dispersal center regarding the prehistoric settlement and
migrations of modern humans in Asia-Pacific regions. However, the settlement pattern and …

Current biodiversity loss is generally considered to have been caused by anthropogenic
disturbance, but it is unclear when anthropogenic activities began to affect biodiversity loss …

The analysis of historical climate change events can deepen the understanding of climate
impacts and provide historical examples of coping with extreme events like drought. The …

In the context of ongoing global warming, understanding the East Asian Summer Monsoon
(EASM) dynamics is of great significance for predicting future climate changes. This study …

With the increasing number of risk events derived from complex interactions among climate,
environmental and socioeconomic dimensions of urban systems, it is imperative for cities' …

Both historical documents and geological archives have recorded frequent extreme flood
occurrences between approximately 3200 and 3000 cal. yr BP (ie, the late Shang dynasty) …