Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Pleistocene

  1. Baranof Island glaciers persisted into the Holocene and then retreated rapidly
    Cosmogenic dating and sediment cores reveal glacial history of Baranof Island and document tenfold acceleration in glacier retreat since 1986, with implications for sea-level rise.
  2. Palynology supports reclassifying Belovezhian substages in Belarus
    Palynological analysis of Pleistocene Belovezhian Stage deposits in Belarus supports elevation of three substages to stage rank and establishes temporal correlation with the Korchevian interglacial.
  3. Poison traces found on 60,000-year-old Southern African microliths
    Microchemical biomolecular analyses detected Amaryllidaceae alkaloids on backed microliths from Umhlatuzana, providing direct evidence of Boophone-derived arrow poisons at ~60 ka.