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 ...

Today's climate change is man-made. The consensus in the climate science community is unequivocal, but in order to determine ...

Rocks, plants and ice hold valuable clues about how the planet’s climate has evolved, but deciphering them is not easy.

We are investigating the causes of variation in mammal body size during the Quaternary period by comparing ice-age mammal species from the past 750,000 years in Britain. The Quaternary is the most ...

These are crucial for understanding climate change in the recent geological past (the Quaternary Period, spanning the last 2.6 million years), which provides a framework for understanding a diverse ...

Land at the site was permanently frozen during the Quaternary Ice Age 2.58 million years ago. Batagay was first spotted by locals in Yauktia, Russia, who claimed to hear horrific noises ...

Since then, conditions have been warmer. This current warm phase is known as the Holocene. The Holocene and Pleistocene are part of the Quaternary Period of Earth's history.

The rear end of a fossilized tiger from the Quaternary Period was discovered at the Yangsiwan section of Salawusu's plant and faunal fossils. Over 45 kinds of fossils were found in the area ...

In a remarkable discovery that has captivated the world of archaeology and science, researchers have uncovered a vast and long-forgotten colony that once teemed with human life, nestled beneath the ...

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The animals also had depleted numbers of oligodendrocytes in their brains after 10 daily doses of one particular quaternary ...

A short film for secondary schools explaining tertiary and quaternary industries, what they are and how they fit into global economy. It covers the development of the service industries and ...