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Quaternary period

Aterian shell beads from the coastal site of El Mnasra Cave (Rabat-Témara, Morocco): Specificities of the north African MSA personal ornaments

Emilie Campmas, Matthieu Lebon, Catherine Dupont, Manon Bondetti, Eslem Ben Arous, Arnaud Lenoble, Driss Chahid, Pierre Lozouet, Ludovic Bellot-Gurlet, Mohamed Abdeljalil El Hajraoui, Roland Nespoulet

published 25 Mar 2026

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Growth rates of coral reefs peaked at 25 °C through the Holocene

Tonya Macedo, Robert van Woesik

published 11 Mar 2026

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Ethnographic meta-analysis shows that thermoregulation activities predict needle and awl use in North America

McKenna Lynn Litynski, Sean Field, Randall Haas

published 05 Mar 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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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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Small flakes for sharp needs: Technological behaviour in the Lower Palaeolithic site of Marathousa 1, Greece

Dalila De Caro, Moritz Kuhn, Nicholas Thompson, Eleni Panagopoulou, Katerina Harvati, Vangelis Tourloukis

published 30 Jun 2025

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