The timing and extent of palaeoenvironmental connections between northeast Africa, the
Levant and the Arabian Peninsula during the Middle and Late Pleistocene are critical to …

Past climates and environments experienced by the Saharo-Arabian desert belt are of prime
importance for palaeoclimatic and palaeoanthropological research. On orbital timescales …

The onset and evolution of the Dead Sea transform are re-evaluated based on new in situ U-
Pb dating and strain analyses of mechanically twinned calcites. Direct dating of 30 syn …

Understanding causal relationships between evolution and ocean oxygenation hinges on
reliable reconstructions of marine oxygen levels, typically from redox-sensitive geochemical …

Our understanding of the evolutionary history of primates is undergoing continual revision
due to ongoing genome sequencing efforts. Bolstered by growing fossil evidence, these …

Direct evidence for fault reactivation is crucial for understanding long-term fault behavior and
reconstruction of fluid circulation and hydrocarbon migration and accumulation during active …

Latest advances in laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA-
ICPMS) allow for accurate in-situ U-Pb dating of carbonate material, with final age …

We document that the reliability of carbonate U–Pb dating by laser ablation inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is improved by matching the aspect ratio of …

The Pliocene epoch (5.3–2.6 Ma) represents the most recent geological interval in which
global temperatures were several degrees warmer than today and is therefore considered …

Freshwater availability is critical for human survival, and in the Saharo-Arabian desert belt
repeated fluctuations between aridity and humidity over the Quaternary mean the …