The timing of the human settlement of Madagascar, one of the last large landmasses to be
settled by people, remains a key topic of debate in archaeology. Despite decades of …

The extensive postglacial mammal losses in the West Indies provide an opportunity to
evaluate extinction dynamics, but limited data have hindered our ability to test hypotheses …

The early peopling of the Americas has been one of the most hotly contested topics in
American anthropology and a research issue that draws archaeologists into a …

The cause, or causes, of the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions have been difficult to
establish, in part because poor spatiotemporal resolution in the fossil record hinders …

The mechanisms of Late Pleistocene megafauna extinctions remain fiercely contested, with
human impact or climate change cited as principal drivers. We compared ancient DNA and …

The causes of Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions (60,000 to 11,650 years ago,
hereafter 60 to 11.65 ka) remain contentious, with major phases coinciding with both human …

Pathways to extinction start long before the death of the last individual. However, causes of
early stage population declines and the susceptibility of small residual populations to …

The settlement of Patagonia has been the subject of extensive research, although key
questions about the timing of arrival of the first humans and the subsequent patterns of …

The extinction of a species is a key demographic event often signalling major climatic,
ecological and/or evolutionary shifts that can be investigated using the fossil record. In that …

The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus sensu lato) is a typical representative of Pleistocene
megafauna which became extinct at the end of the Last Glacial. Detailed knowledge of cave …