#pleistocene — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/05/reform-continues-to-cast-doubt-on-climate-science-do-its-supporters-agree. "“I enjoyed the #heat this #summer,” said Jeanette Bowden, of #Bexley. “I don’t think people need telling to take care of themselves.” Her partner, James, added... 'Carbon dioxide was much higher in the past, it was 10 times higher than this during the ice ages. It’s not a human problem.' NO, James, it wasn't. The levels of #CO2 in the #Pleistocene were below 300 ppm (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12357-5). The current reading is 426.74 ppm (https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/).

La cenere sotto la torba del Pacifico, segno di un villaggio 100 secoli più antico delle piramidi di Giza
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=45110

#archeologia #preistoria #pleistocene #ricerca #studio #antropologia #popoli #antichità #siti #scavi #isole #canada #columbiabritannica #costa #nordamerica #ipotesi #insediamenti #villaggi #reperti #misteri #civiltà

🦌🦥🐴🐘🐪 For #FossilFriday — Megaloceros giganteus, the Irish elk, which I was able to visit in June. Specimen USNM 7051 is masterfully mounted at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

The mount features a massive steel armature to support its nearly 3.4–3.6 meter antler spread. Studies show Megaloceros dropped and regrew its antlers each year.
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#pleistocene #megalocerosgiganteus #paleontology #iceage #giantdeer #citizenscience Skull mount photos credit: NMNH/Loren Ybarrondo

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐸🦴 Spea labreae is a newly named spadefoot toad from La Brea Tar Pits, the first extinct Ice Age amphibian found there.

Paleoecologist Alberto Cruz spotted its unusual #bones while reviewing a collection untouched for nearly 30 years. The team also found a toad whose closest living relatives now live 2,400 km (1,500 mi) away, a clue to how #LosAngeles’s #climate changed at the end of the last #iceage.

👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-08-species-ice-age-toad-la.html

#laeabretarpits #paleontology #amphibians #climatechange #fossils #naturalhistory #nature #history #museum #toads #science #pleistocene

🐯🐾🦥🐴🐘🐪 For #FossilFriday, a fantastic mount from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Fossils. The Smilodon on display — specimen v10928 — is a composite skeleton, greeting visitors with its wide saber toothed smile.

California’s state fossil, Smilodon fatalis, lived from roughly 400,000 to 11,000 years ago. Every bone in this composite came from the La Brea Tar Pits.
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#pleistocene #smilodonfatalis #paleontology #iceage #citizenscience
Skull photo credit NMNH

Study: Cave Lions were Distinct Species that Occasionally Bred with Ancestors of Today’s Lions

The extinct Eurasian cave lion (Panthera spelaea) and today’s African and Asian lions (Panthera leo) belong to separate…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #aDNA #Africanlion #Asianlion #AU #Australia #Cavelion #dna #Eurasia #Europe #Gene #Genome #lion #NorthAmerica #Panthera #Pantheraleo #Pantheraleospelaea #Pantheraspelaea #Pleistocene #protein #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/729379/

🐴 #YearOfTheHorse #FossilFriday 🐟🐘🦥🐴🐪 Specimen SMM P2025.8.6 — originally MNH 779 in the Minnesota Historical Society collection — comes from Nicollet County near St. Peter, Minnesota.

Molar #11 of 12 in the statewide Ice Age horse project. All twelve will be heading to UC Irvine’s KCCAMS Facility for radiocarbon dating this summer.

Follow the full 12 tooth journey in Lost Bones #4 and its updates through the link in my bio.

#LostBones #Pleistocene #Equus #Paleontology #CitizenScience

🌊 Late #Pleistocene pelagic #gastropods of southern #taiwan paleobiodiversity, first #fossil records, and regional affinity: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21046
@PeerJ
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Paleontology #Taxonomy, #Zoology

Late Quaternary Variations in the Level of Paleo-Lake Malheur, Eastern Oregon
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https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.1998.2005 <-- shared paper
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https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/pleistocene-pluvial-lakes/ <-- shared technical article, “Pleistocene Pluvial Lakes” [OR]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malheur_Lake <-- shared Wikipedia page
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#EasternOregon #water #hydrology #geology #surfacewater #paleolake #LakeMalheur #Oregon #SouthernOregon #USA #endorheicbasin #endorheic #quaternary #fluvial #pluvial #fluvial #lacustrine ##Quaternary #Pleistocene #Holocene #PaleoLake #sediment #sedimentary #beaches #gravel #geology #sedimentology #tephra #volcanism #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #geologichistory #spatial #mapping #sampling #stratigraphy #dating #radiocarbon #chronology

Saltavano? Correvano? Mangiavano l’acacia? Le molte controversie sui canguri giganti del Pleistocene
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=43831

#animali #canguri #macropodidi #preistoria #pleistocene #australia #erbivori #ecologia #ambiente #conservazione #evoluzione #fossili #paleontologia #era glaciale #continenti #antichità #corridori #saltatori #prede #wallaby #acacia

Episode two of Prehistoric Planet made me wonder about fruit and vegetables that went extinct before humans existed.

How many of them would we have found absolutely delicious? I wish I could try some of them.

#PrehistoricPlanet #FilmMastodon #History #Science #Mammoth #IceAge #Pleistocene #Food

My spouse and I watched the first episode of the third season of Prehistoric Planet tonight and loved it.

I wish mammoths still existed. They’re like very fuzzy elephants. (Or maybe elephants are like much less hairier mammoths?)

#PrehistoricPlanet #FilmMastodon #History #Science #Mammoth #IceAge #Pleistocene

Ancient hominins in Italy butchered elephants 400,000 years ago and turned their bones into tools

A new paper published recently in PLOS ONE has uncovered evidence that early humans who inhabited the region near present-day Rome butchered a giant elephant around 404,000 years ago, ate its meat as food, and used its bones as tools...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/hominins-butchered-elephants-400000-years-ago/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #Hominins #pleistocene #casallumbroso

Evidenced Paleodrainages In Desert Regions Of Saudi Arabia - Satellite Images With Field-Based Study
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https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4959129/v1 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #streams #poroussediments #pebbles #RadarImages #SaudiArabia #MiddleEast #remotesensing #drainage #paleodrainage #desert #evidence #satellite #imagery #fieldwork #fieldchecked #Quaternary #Pleistocene #climatechange #geology #landform #geomorphology #arid #streamnetwork #PALSAR #ASTER #thermaldifferentiation #spatialanalysis #multispectral #sediment #lithology #hydromorphic #geomorphmetry #waterresources #usecase

Scientists Uncover Evidence Of A Colossal MegaFlood That Refilled The Mediterranean Sea
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https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-uncover-evidence-of-a-colossal-megaflood-that-refilled-the-mediterranean-sea/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01972-w <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #Zanclean #megaflood #flood #flooding #Mediterranean #MediterraneanSea #MessinianSalinityCrisis #italy #sicily #spatialanalysis #erosion #geology #engineeringgeology #naturaldisaster #sedimentation #deposition #ridge #morphology #geomorphology #geomorphometry #spatialanalysis #model #deposits #breccia #sediment #softsediment #geologichistory #seismology #geophysics #seismics #geophysical #pleistocene #hydrodynamic #model #water #hydrology

Morphology, Timing, And Drivers Of Post-Glacial Landslides In The Northern Yellowstone Region
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https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5943 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #geomorphometry #geomorphology #massmovement #landslides #elevation #slope #triggers #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #slopefailure #remotesensing #LiDAR #seismogenic #climatechange #glacial #sediments #YellowstoneNationalPark #Yellowstone #temporal #risk #hazard #mitigation #prediction #stratigraphy #surfaceroughness #debuttressing #Pleistocene #Holocene #moisture #historic #erosion #undercutting #records #fieldwork #mountains #deglaciation

Over A Third Of Groundwater In USA Public-Supply Aquifers Is Anthropocene-Age And Susceptible To Surface Contamination
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00473-y <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #hydrology #water #watersecurity #publicsupply #aquifer #contamination #pollution #waterquality #waterresources #groundwater #distribution #modeling #model #potablewater #tracers #anthropocene #holocene #pleistocene #age #dating #confined #unconfined #infiltration #pumping #extraction #recharge #porosity #permeability

Sea Level Rise Drowned A Vast Habitable Area Of North-Western Australia Driving Long-Term Cultural Change
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108418 <-- shared paper
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[By modelling these geographic features, the team estimates that the region could have supported a population of between 50,000 and 500,000 people.]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #sealevelrise #demographics #remotesensing #climatechange #Pleistocene #Sahu #human #occupation #dispersal #archaeology #rockart #indigeneous #aborgines #firstnation #ancientpeoples #paleogeography #drownedlandscapes #Continentalshelf #Sealevelchange #bathymetry #topobathy #SLR #sealevel #sealevelrise #NewGuinea #PapuaNewGuinea #kimberley #arnhemland #NorthernAustralia #WesternAustralia #marine #ocean #innundation #model #modeling #archipelago
#australia #Wallacea #habitation #settlement #civilisation #maritime #economics #ancienthistory #sediment #sampling #geology #holocene