Lake sedimentary DNA research on past terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity: Overview and recommendations

E Capo, C Giguet-Covex, A Rouillard, K Nota… - Quaternary, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and
aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely …

Natural vs anthropogenic streams in Europe: History, ecology and implications for restoration, river-rewilding and riverine ecosystem services

AG Brown, L Lespez, DA Sear, JJ Macaire… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In Europe and North America the prevailing model of “natural” lowland streams is
incised-meandering channels with silt-clay floodplains, and this is the typical template for …

Quantifying the influence of climate on human conflict

SM Hsiang, M Burke, E Miguel - Science, 2013 - science.org
Introduction Despite the existence of institutions designed to promote peace, interactions
between individuals and groups sometimes lead to conflict. Understanding the causes of …

[图书][B] Reconstructing quaternary environments

JJ Lowe, M Walker - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

Long livestock farming history and human landscape shaping revealed by lake sediment DNA

C Giguet-Covex, J Pansu, F Arnaud, PJ Rey… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The reconstruction of human-driven, Earth-shaping dynamics is important for understanding
past human/environment interactions and for helping human societies that currently face …

Cholesterol-to-coprostanol conversion by the gut microbiota: what we know, suspect, and ignore

C Juste, P Gérard - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Every day, up to 1 g of cholesterol, composed of the unabsorbed dietary cholesterol, the
biliary cholesterol secretion, and cholesterol of cells sloughed from the intestinal epithelium …

Climate change facilitated the early colonization of the Azores Archipelago during medieval times

PM Raposeiro, A Hernández… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Humans have made such dramatic and permanent changes to Earth's landscapes that much
of it is now substantially and irreversibly altered from its preanthropogenic state. Remote …

The Neanderthal meal: a new perspective using faecal biomarkers

A Sistiaga, C Mallol, B Galván, RE Summons - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Neanderthal dietary reconstructions have, to date, been based on indirect evidence and
may underestimate the significance of plants as a food source. While zooarchaeological and …

Using palaeoenvironmental DNA to reconstruct past environments: progress and prospects

NJ Rawlence, DJ Lowe, JR Wood… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Palaeoenvironmental DNA (PalEnDNA) is defined as ancient DNA (aDNA) originating from
disseminated genetic material within palaeoenvironmental samples. Sources of PalEnDNA …

Sedimentary DNA and molecular evidence for early human occupation of the Faroe Islands

L Curtin, WJ D'Andrea, NL Balascio, S Shirazi… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Faroe Islands, a North Atlantic archipelago between Norway and Iceland, were
settled by Viking explorers in the mid-9th century CE. However, several indirect lines of …