This paper provides an overview of the contentious issue of global megafaunal extinctions in
the Late Quaternary. The main proposed causes are 'overkill', environmental change or a …

The timing of the human settlement of Madagascar, one of the last large landmasses to be
settled by people, remains a key topic of debate in archaeology. Despite decades of …

During the last glacial–interglacial cycle, Arctic biotas experienced substantial climatic
changes, yet the nature, extent and rate of their responses are not fully understood …

Since the late Pleistocene, large-bodied mammals have been extirpated from much of Earth.
Although all habitable continents once harbored giant mammals, the few remaining species …

How modern humans dispersed into Eurasia and Australasia, including the number of
separate expansions and their timings, is highly debated [1, 2]. Two categories of models …

To understand the current biodiversity crisis, it is crucial to determine how humans have
affected biodiversity in the past. However, the extent of human involvement in species …

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 …

The mechanisms of Late Pleistocene megafauna extinctions remain fiercely contested, with
human impact or climate change cited as principal drivers. We compared ancient DNA and …

Dozens of large mammals such as mammoth and mastodon disappeared in North America
at the end of the Pleistocene with climate change and “overkill” by human hunters the most …

In 2002, we assessed all sites known to us that had been suggested to provide evidence for
the association of Clovis-era archaeological material with the remains of extinct Pleistocene …