The timing of the human settlement of Madagascar, one of the last large landmasses to be
settled by people, remains a key topic of debate in archaeology. Despite decades of …

Guava (Psidium guajava L., Myrtaceae) is a Neotropical fruit that is widely consumed around
the world. However, its evolutionary history and domestication process are unknown. Here …

The islands of the Caribbean are remarkably diverse, environmentally and culturally. They
range from low limestone islands barely above sea level to volcanic islands with …

The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal
throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological …

Owing to their high shoreline-to-land-area ratios, islands are especially sensitive to coastal
change and their inhabitants especially vulnerable to associated impacts. In places along …

Human settlement of the Caribbean represents the only example in the Americas of peoples
colonizing islands that were not visible from surrounding mainland areas or other islands …

The extensive postglacial mammal losses in the West Indies provide an opportunity to
evaluate extinction dynamics, but limited data have hindered our ability to test hypotheses …

Few prehistoric developments have received as much attention as the origins of agriculture
and its associated societal implications in the Near East. A great deal of this research has …

Archaeological investigations demonstrate that peoples first settled the Caribbean islands
approximately 6000–7000 years ago. At least four major, and multiple minor, migrations took …

Abstract In 2004, the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology published Julie Field's
“Environmental and climatic considerations: a hypothesis for conflict and the emergence of …