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Cooling climate across last interglacial high stands on San Salvador and Great Inagua, The Bahamas

The Depositional Record, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.
Temperature data comparison with last interglacial mollusc clumped isotope data from this study, as well as from Bermuda (Minnebo et al., 2024; Zhang et al., 2021). The ‘later’ and ‘earlier’ ages within MIS 5e refer to Reef II and Reef I, respectively, for Bahamas data.
Ian Winkelstern, Sierra Petersen, H. Allen Curran, Cecilie Phillips, Alex Quizon, Bosiljka Glumac, David Griffing   +6 more
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Shape Matters: Unlocking Transport Histories in Fine‐Grained Aeolian Sediments With Endmember Modeling of Size–Shape Distributions

Earth and Space Science, Volume 13, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract The transport medium, mode, energy, and distance are recorded in the grain‐size and grain‐shape distributions in a sedimentary deposit. While grain‐size analysis has long been used in sedimentology, grain‐shape analysis is increasingly recognized as a valuable tool for reconstructing sedimentary processes and palaeoenvironments.
P. P. Stark, M. A. Prins, C. J. Beets, H. Tang, R. T. van Balen, A. P. Kaakinen   +5 more
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The hidden oases: unveiling trophic dynamics in Namib's fog plant ecosystem

Scientific Reports
The Namib Desert is a hyperarid coastal desert where fog is a major moisture source. We hypothesized that the fog-harvesting grass Stipagrostis sabulicola establishes an important ecological niche, termed the "Fog-Plant-Oases" (FPOs), and serves as the ...
Huei Ying Gan, Karin Hohberg, Clément Schneider, Martin Ebner, Eugene Marais, Tatiana Miranda, Ricarda Lehmitz, Gillian Maggs-Kölling, Hervé Bocherens   +8 more
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The Late Early–Middle Pleistocene Mammal Fauna from the Megalopolis Basin (Peloponnese, Greece) and Its Importance for Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironment

Quaternary
Recent investigations in the upper Lower–Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis Basin (Greece) led to the discovery of several sites/findspots with abundant faunal material. Here, we provide an updated overview including new results on the micro-
George E. Konidaris, Athanassios Athanassiou, Vangelis Tourloukis, Krystalia Chitoglou, Thijs van Kolfschoten, Domenico Giusti, Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tsartsidou, Effrosyni Roditi, Eleni Panagopoulou, Panagiotis Karkanas, Katerina Harvati   +11 more
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Palaeoenvironments and landscape diversity in Egypt during the Last Interglacial and its implications on the dispersal of Homo sapiens

Journal of Maps, 2022
The Last Interglacial period is important for the spread of humans from Africa to Eurasia. Significant wetter climatic conditions allowed humans to live in the present-day arid landscape in Northeastern Africa.
Felix Henselowsky, Karin Kindermann, Christian Willmes, Dorothee Lammerich-Long, Georg Bareth, Olaf Bubenzer   +5 more
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Integrating Aegean Last Interglacial faunas into the Mediterranean palaeobiogeographic framework: New evidence from Karpathos (Greece)

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 80-98, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The Last Interglacial (LIG) or Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5e, spanning 129 to 116 kyrs ago, is recognised as one of the warmest periods in the Quaternary, with global sea surface temperatures (SSTs) 1°C–2°C higher than today, sea levels 5–10 m above the current level and biogeographical range expansion of specific tropical species into the ...
Christos Psarras, Danae Thivaiou, Frédéric Quillévéré, Jean‐Jacques Cornée, Pierre Moissette, Mélody Philippon, Jan Fietzke, Delphine Bosch, Michel Condomines, Olivier Bruguier, Efterpi Koskeridou   +10 more
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Differences in childhood stress between Neanderthals and early modern humans as reflected by dental enamel growth disruptions

Scientific Reports
Neanderthals’ lives were historically portrayed as highly stressful, shaped by constant pressures to survive in harsh ecological conditions, thus potentially contributing to their extinction.
Laura Sophia Limmer, Matteo Santon, Kate McGrath, Katerina Harvati, Sireen El Zaatari   +4 more
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Palaeoenvironmental signatures revealed from rare earth element (REE) compositions of vertebrate microremains of the Vesiku Bone Bed (Homerian, Wenlock), Saaremaa Island, Estonia [PDF]

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2015
Rare earth elements (REEs) have been analysed from fossil vertebrate microremains (thelodont scales) from the Vesiku Bone Bed, Saaremaa, Estonia, using in situ microsampling by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Well-
Alexandre Fadel, Živilė Žigaitė, Henning Blom, Alberto Pérez-Huerta, Teresa Jeffries, Tiiu Märss, Per Erik Ahlberg   +6 more
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Minimally Destructive Radiocarbon Dating of Bone

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Volume 40, Issue 9, 15 May 2026.
ABSTRACT Rationale Bone is commonly used in radiocarbon dating in archaeology and other disciplines. Despite advances in collagen extraction protocols, the process remains destructive, requiring sawing, drilling or crushing of bone material. While non‐destructive approaches have recently been applied in ancient genomics and palaeoproteomics, no ...
Tom Higham, Katharina Luftensteiner, Laura van der Sluis, Maddalena Giannì, Maria Wiegele, Anastasia Papadogianni, Peter Steier, Daniela Gruber, Brigitte Schmidt, Katy Schmidt, Andrei Belinski, Romain Mensan, Maxim Kozlikin, Michael Shunkov, Petr Neruda, Zdeňka Nerudová, Barbara Horejs, John Schulze, Katerina Douka, Thomas W. Stafford Jr.   +19 more
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Geochemical characteristics and paleoenvironmental significance of karst reservoirs in Gaoyuzhuang-Wumishan Formations of Jixian System in Xiong ‘an New Area and its adjacent areas

Frontiers in Earth Science
A set of thick carbonate rocks is developed in Gaoyuzhuang-Wumishan Formations of Jixian System in Xiong ‘an New Area and its adjacent areas, with diverse dolomite rock types, complex reservoir space, and large differences in physical properties, which ...
Guoquan Nie, Guoquan Nie, Guoquan Nie, Qingyu Zhang, Qingyu Zhang, Dengfa He, Xiaopan Li, Xiaopan Li, Shaocong Ji, Shaocong Ji   +9 more
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