BACKGROUND North and South America were the last continents populated by modern
humans. The timing of their arrival, the routes they took, their homeland of origin, and how …

One of the great debates about extinction is whether humans or climatic change caused the
demise of the Pleistocene megafauna. Evidence from paleontology, climatology …

Between fifty and ten thousand years ago, most large mammals became extinct everywhere
except Africa. Slow-breeding animals also were hard hit, regardless of size. This unusual …

This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon
Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments …

When did humans colonize the Americas? From where did they come and what routes did
they take? These questions have gripped scientists for decades, but until recently answers …

In the geological sciences it has only recently been recognized how important the process of
impact cratering is on a planetary scale, where it is commonly the most important surface …

This book addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history
of our species, the change from foraging (hunting and gathering) to farming. Ten thousand …

" Sometime before 15,000 years ago, a band of hunter-gatherers arrived in Northeast Asia.
They continued east, becoming the first people to set foot in the Americas. They soon found …

Large vertebrates are strong interactors in food webs, yet they were lost from most
ecosystems after the dispersal of modern humans from Africa and Eurasia. We call for …

Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story,
mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that …