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Holocene epoch

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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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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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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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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Cultural, economic, and settlement shifts over the last 9,000 years at Kakapel Rockshelter, Western Kenya

Steven T. Goldstein, Natalie G. Mueller, Emma Finestone, Elizabeth A. Sawchuk, Sara Juengst, Anthony Odera Otwani, Jennifer M. Miller, Michelle C. Langley, Ricardo Fernandes, Axel Steinhof, Victor Iminjili, Christine Chepkorir, Anneke Janzen, Christine Ogola, Emmanuel Ndiema, Michael Petraglia, Nicole Boivin

published 20 Aug 2025

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Early to Mid-Holocene land use transitions in South Asia: A new archaeological synthesis of potential human impacts

J. Bates, K. D. Morrison, M. Madella, A. C. Hill, N. J. Whitehouse, T. Abro, P. Ajithprasad, K. Anupama, A. Casile, A. Chandio, S. Chatterjee, K. Gangopadhyay, E. Hammer, S. Haricharan, M. Hazarika, R. Korisettar, A. Kumar, C. Lancelotti, S. Pappu, O. Parque, C. A. Petrie, R. Premathilake, V. Selvakumar, S. Sen, M. Spate, M. Trivedi, G. M. Veesar, V. Vinayak

published 12 Feb 2025

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A classification scheme of active faults in engineering

Qingyun Zhou, Suge He, Zhenyu Zou

published 07 Feb 2025

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Human-environment interaction during the Holocene in Eastern South America: Rapid climate changes and population dynamics

Astolfo G. M. Araujo, Letícia Cristina Correa, Glauco Constantino Perez, Enrico Dalmas Di Gregorio, Mercedes Okumura

published 03 Feb 2025

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Techno-structural and 3-D geometric morphometric analysis applied for investigating the variability of Holocene unifacial tools in tropical Central Brazil

Marina González-Varas, Antoine Lourdeau, Letícia Gonçalves, Rafael Lemos de Souza, Diego Teixeira Mendes, Tatyana Beltrão de Oliveira, Gustavo Furlaneto Silva, Hubert Forestier, Rolando Romero, Antonio Pérez-Balarezo

published 02 Jan 2025

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Study on Holocene environmental evolution based on grain size end-member model: A case study of two outcrop sections in Salawusu River Basin

Dongfeng Niu, Tong Li, Yuanyu Zhong, Longlong Liu, Baosheng Li

published 20 Sep 2024

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Middle through late Holocene long-distance transport of exotic shell personal adornments in Central West Patagonia (southern South America). The archaeomalacological assemblage of Baño Nuevo 1

Heidi Hammond, Leandro Zilio, Amalia Nuevo-Delaunay, César Méndez

published 24 May 2024

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Interpreting life-history traits, seasonal cycles, and coastal climate from an intertidal mussel species: Insights from 9000 years of synthesized stable isotope data

Veronica Padilla Vriesman, Jessica R. Bean, Hannah M. Palmer, Roxanne M. W. Banker

published 22 May 2024

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