Publisher Summary This chapter overviews the Patagonian and Fuegian glaciations—
starting in the Late Miocene, when the junction of global, cooler climatic conditions, and the …

ABSTRACT 1 We review the status of the four currently recognized guanaco Lama guanicoe
subspecies, and provide information about their taxonomy and distribution. The success of …

The absolute chronology of the Patagonian glaciations is one of the most complete in the
world and probably the best available for the Southern Hemisphere outside Antarctica. The …

South America lost around 52 genera of mammals during a worldwide event known as the
Late Quaternary Extinction episode. More than 80% of South American mammals weighing> …

Geological events of biological importance in the history of the Andes include their impact on
global climates through an influence on atmospheric circulation, rainfall patterns, and the …

Here I consider the evidence for the interactions of humans and South American late
Pleistocene megafauna, a subject not usually covered in much detail in general …

The settlement of Patagonia has been the subject of extensive research, although key
questions about the timing of arrival of the first humans and the subsequent patterns of …

La transición Pleistoceno/Holoceno fue un tiempo crítico ambiental en el cual se produjo la
dispersión humana del último continente en ser poblado, América del Sur. Los primeros …

Latin American archaeology has been influenced by the world theoretical context, from
which it has developed original approaches. Currently, a culture-history conceptual …

In a recent JAS article (“A requiem for North American overkill”), Donald Grayson and David
Meltzer [39] attack Paul Martin's “overkill” hypothesis that humans caused America's …