Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-West Australia

P Veth, I Ward, T Manne, S Ulm, K Ditchfield… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Archaeological deposits from Boodie Cave on Barrow Island, northwest Australia,
reveal some of the oldest evidence for Aboriginal occupation of Australia, as well as …

Palaeoenvironmental change in tropical Australasia over the last 30,000 years–a synthesis by the OZ-INTIMATE group

JM Reeves, HC Bostock, LK Ayliffe, TT Barrows… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
The tropics are the major source of heat and moisture for the Australasian region.
Determining the tropics' response over time to changes in climate forcing mechanisms, such …

Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago

C Clarkson, Z Jacobs, B Marwick, R Fullagar, L Wallis… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The time of arrival of people in Australia is an unresolved question. It is relevant to debates
about when modern humans first dispersed out of Africa and when their descendants …

The process, biotic impact, and global implications of the human colonization of Sahul about 47,000 years ago

JF O'Connell, J Allen - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Comprehensive review of archaeological data shows that Sahul (Pleistocene Australia-New
Guinea) was first occupied by humans ca. 47 ka (47,000 years ago); evidence for earlier …

Climate change frames debate over the extinction of megafauna in Sahul (Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea)

S Wroe, JH Field, M Archer… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Around 88 large vertebrate taxa disappeared from Sahul sometime during the Pleistocene,
with the majority of losses (54 taxa) clearly taking place within the last 400,000 years. The …

Elevated Southern Hemisphere moisture availability during glacial periods

R Weij, JMK Sniderman, JD Woodhead, JC Hellstrom… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Late Pleistocene ice-age climates are routinely characterized as having imposed moisture
stress on low-to mid-latitude ecosystems,,,–. This idea is largely based on fossil pollen …

Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental change in the Australian drylands

KE Fitzsimmons, TJ Cohen, PP Hesse, J Jansen… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper we synthesise existing palaeoenvironmental data from the arid and semi-arid
interior of the Australian continent for the period 40–0 ka. Moisture is the predominant …

Climate variability over the last 35,000 years recorded in marine and terrestrial archives in the Australian region: an OZ-INTIMATE compilation

JM Reeves, TT Barrows, TJ Cohen, AS Kiem… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Australian region spans some 60° of latitude and 50° of longitude and displays
considerable regional climate variability both today and during the Late Quaternary. A …

Paleolakes and socioecological implications of last glacial “greening” of the South African interior

AS Carr, BM Chase, SJ Birkinshaw… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Determining the timing and drivers of Pleistocene hydrological change in the interior of
South Africa is critical for testing hypotheses regarding the presence, dynamics, and …

An extended last glacial maximum in the Southern Hemisphere: A contribution to the SHeMax project

LM Petherick, J Knight, J Shulmeister, H Bostock… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Proxy records from across the Southern Hemisphere show significant local to regional scale
variability in climatic and environmental conditions during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 and …