Converging data would indicate the existence of possible relationships between climate
change, environmental pollution and epidemics/pandemics, such as the current one due to …

A series of publications purport to provide evidence that the Earth was subjected to an
extraterrestrial event or events at∼ 12.9 ka creating an environmental cataclysm and the …

Historic human–climate interactions have been of interest to scholars for a long time.
However, exploring the long-term relation between prehistoric demography and climate …

This accessible and engaging text explores the relationship between philosophy, science
and physical geography. It addresses an imbalance that exists in opinion, teaching and to a …

This paper reports the compilation and initial analysis of a database of 14C dates from
archaeological sites in Argentina for the period 13,000 and 7000 14C BP. The spatial and …

Airbursts/impacts by a fragmented comet or asteroid have been proposed at the Younger
Dryas onset (12.80±0.15 ka) based on identification of an assemblage of impact-related …

Abstract The Younger Dryas (YD) impact hypothesis posits that fragments of a large,
disintegrating asteroid/comet struck North America, South America, Europe, and western …

We report the discovery in Lake Cuitzeo in central Mexico of a black, carbon-rich, lacustrine
layer, containing nanodiamonds, microspherules, and other unusual materials that date to …

Abstract The Younger Dryas boundary (YDB) cosmic-impact hypothesis is based on
considerable evidence that Earth collided with fragments of a disintegrating≥ 100-km …

Demographic change has recently re-emerged as a key explanation for socio-cultural
changes documented in the prehistoric archaeological record. While the majority of studies …