Saccharides are omnipresent compounds in terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Since the
2000s, their role in environmental and geochemical studies has significantly increased, but …

Our understanding of the timing and pathway of human arrival to the Americas remains an
important and polarizing topic of debate in archaeology and anthropology. Traditional …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Deforestation associated with the initial settlement of New Zealand is a dramatic example of
how humans can alter landscapes through fire. However, evidence linking early human …

Fire is a key ecosystem process in tropical and subtropical savannas, with a varying role that
depends on hydroclimate but also on feedbacks between fire and vegetation. In savannas …

Many societal and environmental changes occurred between the 2nd millennium BC and
the middle of the 2nd millennium AD in western Africa. Key amongst these were changes in …

To reconstruct past environmental changes, a range of indirect or proxy approaches can be
applied to Quaternary archives. Here, we review the complementary and novel insights that …

Wild and prescribed fires are important sources of a broad suite of organic compounds
collectively termed pyrogenic carbon (PyC). Most PyC compounds have additional sources …

Paleofire records document fire's response to climate, ecosystem changes, and human-
activity, offering insights into climate-fire-human relationships and the potential response of …

Preserved assemblages of invertebrate remains in lacustrine sediment reveal temporal
variations of community composition and environmental conditions. However, records for …