quaternary

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In a recent study, published in Quaternary Science Reviews, archaeologists report what they describe as a hearth Neanderthals used to make adhesive tar.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2024

But the proposal was voted down earlier this month by the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024

She next joined the Quaternary Research Center at the University of Washington, where her work included documenting the fault zone that runs through Seattle.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

In the journal Geophysical Research Letters, Paul Wilcox from the Quaternary Research Group led by Christoph Spötl sought to comprehend how El Niño responds to natural influences over extended periods.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023

Once more the hundreds of centuries of erosion came, to be followed by the upheaving of the newer mountains of the Fourth or Quaternary Age.

From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis