Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signals from quartz can be used to determine when
sedimentary archives were deposited. OSL dating uses the accumulation of energy stored in …

Determining the extent of overlap between modern humans and other hominins in Eurasia,
such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, is fundamental to understanding the nature of their …

Rice (Oryza sativa) serves as a staple food for more than one-third of the global population.
However, its journey from a wild gathered food to domestication remains enigmatic, sparking …

Wood artefacts rarely survive from the Early Stone Age since they require exceptional
conditions for preservation; consequently, we have limited information about when and how …

Coastal flooding catastrophes have affected human societies on coastal plains around the
world on several occasions in the past, and are threatening 21st century societies under …

The initial colonization of the Americas remains a highly debated topic, and the exact timing
of the first arrivals is unknown. The earliest archaeological record of Mexico—which holds a …

The Tibetan Plateau is the highest and one of the most demanding environments ever
inhabited by humans. We investigated the timing and mechanisms of its initial colonization …

Human footprints at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA, reportedly date to
between~ 23,000 and 21,000 years ago according to radiocarbon dating of seeds from the …

The BRITICE‐CHRONO consortium of researchers undertook a dating programme to
constrain the timing of advance, maximum extent and retreat of the British–Irish Ice Sheet …

Radiocarbon dating of the earliest occupational phases at the Cooper's Ferry site in western
Idaho indicates that people repeatedly occupied the Columbia River basin, starting between …