Radiocarbon dating uses the decay of a radioactive isotope of carbon (14C) to measure time
and date objects containing carbon-bearing material. With a half-life of 5,700±30 years …

The last decade saw a rapid increase in the number of studies where time–frequency
changes of radiocarbon dates have been used as a proxy for inferring past population …

The cause, or causes, of the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions have been difficult to
establish, in part because poor spatiotemporal resolution in the fossil record hinders …

The Earth has lost approximately half of its large mammal species (≥ 45 kg, one-third of
species≥ 9 kg) over the past 120,000 years, resulting in depauperate megafauna …

Multiple large-bodied species went extinct during the Pleistocene. Changing climates and/or
human hunting are the main hypotheses used to explain these extinctions. We studied the …

Clovis fluted points are deemed efficient weapon tips for hunting large game, including
Pleistocene proboscideans. However, experimental and archaeological studies cast doubt …

We review palaeoenvironmental proxies and combinations of these relevant for
understanding hunter-gatherer niche construction activities in pre-agricultural Europe. Our …

Examining how past human populations responded to environmental and climatic changes
is a central focus of the historical sciences. The use of summed probability distributions …

Accurately reconstructing past human population dynamics is critical for explaining major
patterns in the human past. Demand for demographic proxies has driven hopeful interest in …

We reject the claim of Holliday et al.(2023) that they have “comprehensively refuted” the
Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH). Scores of peer-reviewed articles in dozens of …