In fact, the Quaternary is often considered the "Age of Humans." Homo erectus appeared in Africa at the start of the period, and as time marched on the hominid line evolved bigger brains and ...

Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres may have been used by hominin species as a type of tool for more than 1 million years.

Quaternary is the geological period that started 2.6 million years ago, and it is defined by the alternating series of glacial and interglacial periods. Valentí Rull, researcher at Institute of Earth ...

The Journal of Quaternary Science publishes original papers on any field of Quaternary research, and aims to promote a wider appreciation and deeper understanding of the earth's history during the ...

With gullies, ravines and steep mountainsides, the unique landscape was shaped as a result of gradual geological movements of the Himalayan region ever since the Quaternary Period from 2.5 million ...

The story of human evolution is more intricate than ever, especially in eastern Asia during the Late Quaternary period, approximately 300,000 to 50,000 years ago. Recent fossil discoveries are ...

De-extinction scientists have turned their attention to species from more 'recent' times — notably the Quaternary Period, which includes creatures such as woolly mammoths and the Tasmanian tiger ...

52-64 (13 pages) ABSTRACTThis paper reviews current knowledge of sedimentation patterns in the Arctic Ocean during the pronounced climatic cycles of the last several hundred thousand years, an ...