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Cenozoic era

Geochronological insights of middle miocene primates and vertebrate fauna of Ramnagar (J&K, India): Integrating litho- and magnetostratigraphy

Deepak Choudhary, Christopher C. Gilbert, Christopher J. Campisano, Daniel J. Peppe, Mohammad Arif, Sarvendra Pratap Singh, Kahsay Tesfay, Biren A. Patel, Wasim Abass Wazir, Rohit Kumar, Binita Phartiyal, Ningthoujam Premjit Singh, Kongrailatpam Milankumar Sharma, Rajeev Patnaik

published 26 Feb 2026

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Integrated reconstruction of January and July temperature series in the Sanjiangyuan region during the Holocene

Yan Wang, Guangchao Cao, Guangliang Hou, Jian Ni, Tao Huang, Li Yan, Jinrong Hu

published 20 Jan 2026

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Diets and environments of late pleistocene pygmy and Columbian mammoths: Isotopic evidence from Southern California

Chance D. Hannold, Yang Wang, Xiaoming Wang, Regan Dunn, Jonathan Hoffman

published 07 Jan 2026

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A near-continuous archaeological record of Pleistocene human occupation at Leang Bulu Bettue, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Basran Burhan, Budianto Hakim, Iwan Sumantri, Suryatman, Andi Muhammad Saiful, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Ratno Sardi, Hasliana, Muhammad Ramli, Linda Siagian, Andi Jusdi, Abdullah, Fardi Ali Syahdar, Hamrullah, Imran Ilyas, Putra Hudlinas Muhammad, Sofyan Setia Budi, Nur Ihsan Djindar, Shinatria Adhityatama, Rustan Lebe, Marlon N. R. Ririmasse, Irfan Mahmud, Akin Duli, Yinika L. Perston, Mark W. Moore, Mariana Sontag-González, Bo Li, Gerrit D. van den Bergh, Maxime Aubert, Rainer Grün, David P. McGahan, Michelle C. Langley, Emma C. James, Tiina Manne, Ian Moffat, Brian Jones, Adam Brumm

published 23 Dec 2025

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A Late Pleistocene archaic human tooth from Gua Dagang (Trader’s Cave), Niah national park, Sarawak (Malaysia)

Darren Curnoe, Mohammed S. Sauffi, Hsiao Mei Goh, Xue-feng Sun, Roshan Peiris

published 10 Dec 2025

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Pahon Cave, Gabon: New insights into the Later Stone Age in the African rainforest

Marie-Josée Angue Zogo, Isis Mesfin, Geoffroy de Saulieu, Wim Van Neer, Els Cornelissen, David Pleurdeau, Richard Oslisly

published 10 Dec 2025

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Postcranial anatomy of the Late Miocene Eurasian hornless rhinocerotid Chilotherium

Panagiotis Kampouridis, Georgia Svorligkou, Nikolai Spassov, Madelaine Böhme

published 05 Dec 2025

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Phylogenomics of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): Cloud forests and Pliocene extinction explain the timing and spread of an iconic South American radiation

Max R. Bangs, Alexandre Reis Percequillo, Víctor Pacheco, Scott J. Steppan

published 04 Nov 2025

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On the ecological impact of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Europe: Early Holocene (Mesolithic) and Last Interglacial (Neanderthal) foragers compared

Anastasia Nikulina, Anhelina Zapolska, Maria Antonia Serge, Didier M. Roche, Florence Mazier, Marco Davoli, Elena A. Pearce, Jens-Christian Svenning, Dave van Wees, Ralph Fyfe, Katharine MacDonald, Wil Roebroeks, Fulco Scherjon

published 22 Oct 2025

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Evolutionary history of the snooks: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the genus Centropomus

Gabryele Malcher, Thamires Oliveira, Paulo Ronaldo Ferreira, Lucila Melo, Patrícia Mendonça, Omar Dominguez-Dominguez, Arturo Angulo, Claudia Patricia Ornelas-García, Rocío Rodiles-Hernández, Péricles Sena do Rêgo, Juliana Araripe

published 09 Oct 2025

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Where did the river go? Testing the hypothesis of rivers discharging into the Gulf of Sirt (East Mediterranean) during the late Pleistocene

Barbara Mauz, Esam Abdulsamad, Saleh Emhanna, Noureddine Elmejdoub, Moez Mansoura, Michael Rogerson

published 08 Oct 2025

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A Later Stone Age quartz knapping workshop and fireplace dated to the Early Holocene in Senegal: The Ravin Blanc X site (RBX)

Charlotte Pruvost, Eric Huysecom, Aline Garnier, Irka Hajdas, Alexa Höhn, Laurent Lespez, Michel Rasse, Katja Douze, Sylvain Soriano, Valentine Fichet, Ségolène Saulnier-Copard, Matar Ndiaye, Anne Mayor

published 03 Sep 2025

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Geoarchaeological research on site formation process, paleoenvironment, and human behaviors in the early Holocene of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Grzegorz Michalec, Rafał Sikora, Małgorzata Winiarska-Kabacińska, Davaakhuu Odsuren, Antoni Wójcik, Piotr Moska, Marcin Szmit, Dashzeveg Bazargur, Przemysław Bobrowski, Maciej Jórdeczka, Józef Szykulski, Patryk Muntowski, Andrzej Gałaś, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Mirosław Masojć

published 02 Sep 2025

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