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 …

Silica is deposited extra-and intracellularly in plants in solid form, as phytoliths. Phytoliths
have emerged as accepted taxonomic tools and proxies for reconstructing ancient flora …

Modern Homo sapiens engage in substantial ecosystem modification, but it is difficult to
detect the origins or early consequences of these behaviors. Archaeological …

Hunter‐gatherers, especially Pleistocene examples, are not well‐represented in
archeological studies of niche construction. However, as the role of humans in shaping …

The archaeology of East Africa during the last~ 65,000 years plays a central role in debates
about the origins and dispersal of modern humans, Homo sapiens. Despite the historical …

The ecological adaptations that stimulated the dispersal and technological strategies of our
species during the Late Pleistocene remain hotly disputed, with some influential theories …

The temporal proximity of the∼ 74 ka Toba supereruption to a putative 100–50 ka human
population bottleneck is the basis for the volcanic winter/weak Garden of Eden hypothesis …

The 3D orientation of clasts within a deposit are known to be informative on processes that
formed that deposit. In archaeological sites, a portion of the clasts in the deposit are …

Geoarchaeological research is now commonly undertaken as an integral component of
archaeological investigations across much of the world. However, in humid tropical regions …

The Yangtze River Valley is an important economic region and one of the cradles of human
civilization. It is also the site of frequent floods, droughts, and other natural disasters …