Biodiversity on marine islands is characterized by unique biogeographic, phylogenetic and
functional characteristics. Islands hold a disproportionate amount of the world's biodiversity …

Pacific Islands, many relatively remote and small, have been occupied by people for more
than 3000 years during which time they experienced climate‐driven environmental changes …

Invasive alien species (IASs) on islands have broad impacts across biodiversity, agriculture,
economy, health and culture, which tend to be stronger than on continents. Across small …

Human impacts reshape ecological communities through the extinction and introduction of
species. The combined impact of these factors depends on whether non-native species fill …

Climate change impacts island communities all over the world. Sea-level rise, an increase in
the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, and changes in distribution and health …

Southern Europe is a hotspot for desertification risk because of the intimate impact of soil
deterioration, landscape transformations, rising human pressure, and climate change. In this …

Few objects in the history of prehistoric archaeology have attracted such sustained scholarly
interest–and proved so resilient to scientific explanation–as the handaxe. Handaxe is an …

Since the 19th century, the study of shell middens has played an important role in
archaeological research. Shell midden and broader coastal archaeology have transformed …

The arrival of modern humans into previously unoccupied island ecosystems is closely
linked to widespread extinction, and a key reason cited for Pleistocene megafauna …

Island archaeology is a well-established field within the wider discipline, but African
contributions to it remain scarce. The Canary Islands are unusual in the broader African …