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 ...

They thrived during a significant climate change, enduring a glacial period that brought ... across various regions during the Late Quaternary period, which began around 300,000 years ago.

Hundreds of large mammal species disappeared during the transition from the last glaciation to the present interglacial period, from around 50,000 to ... mammal species to help us reconstruct their ...

A satellite image of a dry Lake Eyre. Once the lake dries after an extended period of lake-full status, sediments are left behind which often contain charophyte oogonia. The Late Quaternary glacial ...

There are times when the global climate is warmer (interglacial phases) and times when it has been cooler (glacial phases ... are part of the Quaternary Period of Earth's history.