Uncovering the Multibiome Environmental and Earth System Legacies of Past Human Societies

P Roberts, VL Caetano-Andrade… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
It has been argued that we have now entered the Anthropocene, a proposed epoch in which
humans are having a dominant impact on the Earth system. While some geologists have …

Historic and prehistoric human‐driven extinctions have reshaped global mammal diversity patterns

S Faurby, JC Svenning - Diversity and Distributions, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To assess the extent to which humans have reshaped Earth's biodiversity, by estimating
natural ranges of all late Quaternary mammalian species, and to compare diversity patterns …

A review of Theropithecus oswaldi with the proposal of a new subspecies

DA Getahun, E Delson, CM Seyoum - Journal of Human Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
Theropithecus oswaldi darti, as currently understood, is the oldest Theropithecus taxon in
the fossil record and the earliest subspecies in the Theropithecus oswaldi lineage …

Ancient divergence of Indian and Tibetan wolves revealed by recombination‐aware phylogenomics

LM Hennelly, B Habib, S Modi, EK Rueness… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The grey wolf (Canis lupus) expanded its range across Holarctic regions during the late
Pleistocene. Consequently, most grey wolves share recent (< 100,000 years ago) maternal …

Megafauna in the Earth system

FA Smith, CE Doughty, Y Malhi, JC Svenning… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the complex role of large‐bodied mammals in contemporary ecosystems and
the likely consequences of their continued decline is essential for effective management of …

[HTML][HTML] Looking beyond protected areas: Identifying conservation compatible landscapes in agro-forest mosaics in north-eastern India

A Kshettry, S Vaidyanathan, R Sukumar… - Global ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Small-sized protected areas face increasing pressures from developmental activities and
are often rendered inadequate and isolated to conserve wide-ranging species. However, in …

[BOOK][B] From Arabia to the Pacific: How our species colonised Asia

R Dennell - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Drawing upon invasion biology and the latest archaeological, skeletal and environment
evidence, From Arabia to the Pacific documents the migration of humans into Asia, and …

The Sri Lankan 'Microlithic' Tradition c. 38,000 to 3,000 Years Ago: Tropical Technologies and Adaptations of Homo sapiens at the Southern Edge of Asia

P Roberts, N Boivin, M Petraglia - Journal of World Prehistory, 2015 - Springer
The prehistoric archaeology of Sri Lanka is of considerable significance for investigations of
the evolution, dispersal and adaptation of our species within a variety of environments …

Environments and Cultural Change in the Indian Subcontinent: Implications for the Dispersal of Homo sapiens in the Late Pleistocene

J Blinkhorn, MD Petraglia - Current Anthropology, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
The Indian subcontinent lies on a key east-west corridor for hominin expansions across
Asia, which has led to it playing a prominent role in debate surrounding the dispersal of …

Late Quaternary extinctions in the Indian subcontinent

AM Jukar, SK Lyons, PJ Wagner, MD Uhen - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Over the last 50,000 years, a majority of megafauna went extinct globally. Only two
regions, Africa, and tropical Asia retain megafaunal communities today. Their persistence in …