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 ...

During the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT), the Earth adopted a 100,000-year glacial-interglacial cycle compared to the previous 41,000-year cycle. Scientists have now discovered landforms ...

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 ...

This study, published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews ... probably before the period known as the Last Glacial Maximum, about 30,000 years ago, and that the melting process accelerated ...

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.