In September 2016, the annual meeting of the International Union for Quaternary Research's
Loess and Pedostratigraphy Focus Group, traditionally referred to as a LoessFest, met in …

Archaeological assemblages labeled as Initial Upper Paleolithic are often seen as possible
evidence for dispersals of Homo sapiens populations in Eurasia, ca. 45,000 years ago …

The fossil record suggests that at least two major human dispersals occurred across the
Eurasian steppe during the Late Pleistocene. Neanderthals and Modern Humans moved …

The adaptability of our species, as revealed by the geographic routes and
palaeoenvironmental contexts of human dispersal beyond Africa, is a prominent topic in …

Loess deposits are widely distributed along the mountain piedmonts of Central Asia. The
transport processes and origins of Central Asian loess sediments remain poorly understood …

Abstract The Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) is one of the most important phases in the recent
period of the evolution of humans. During a narrow period in the first half of Marine Isotope …

The widespread aeolian deposits of the Central Asian steppes and piedmonts offer potential
to better understand the dynamics of the major Eurasian climate subsystems over …

We present the findings of excavations at the stratified site of Ushbulak, discovered during a
joint Russian-Kazakhstan research project in 20I6. The site is located in the Shilikty Valley …

Paleoanthropological data suggest that the Late Pleistocene was a time of population
contact and possibly dispersal in Central Asia. Geographic and paleoclimatic data suggest …

This article examines the key cultural trends and events in the evolution of the Upper
Paleolithic in the foothills of the Northern Tien Shan (Zailisky Alatau, Kazakhstan). It outlines …