Human impacts prior to the Industrial Revolution are not well constrained. We investigate
whether the decline in global atmospheric CO 2 concentration by 7–10 ppm in the late …

During the twentieth century, Amazonia was widely regarded as relatively pristine nature,
little impacted by human history. This view remains popular despite mounting evidence of …

The legacy of pre-Columbian land use in the Amazonian rainforest is one of the most
controversial topics in the social,,,,,,,,–and natural sciences,. Until now, the debate has been …

During the last two decades, new archaeological projects which systematically integrate a
variety of plant recovery techniques, along with palaeoecology, palaeoclimate, soil science …

Over 450 pre-Columbian (pre-AD 1492) geometric ditched enclosures (“geoglyphs”)
occupy∼ 13,000 km2 of Acre state, Brazil, representing a key discovery of Amazonian …

An improved understanding of present-day climate variability and change relies on high-
quality data sets from the past 2 millennia. Global efforts to model regional climate modes …

An important debate has been re‐invigorated by new data concerning the size and
environmental impacts of human populations in the Amazon Basin during pre‐history. Here …

We examined the mitogenomes of a large global collection of human malaria parasites to
explore how and when Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax entered the Americas. We …

A sedimentary record from the Peruvian Amazon provided evidence of climate and
vegetation change for the last 6900 years. Piston cores collected from the center of Lake …

The nature and spatial scale of prehistoric human landscape modifications in Amazonia are
enduring questions. Original conceptions of the issues by archaeologists published more …