Periglacial landforms are typical features of the high mountain environment on Balkan Peninsula. Their formation and diversity is determined by climatic, topographic geological factors. Presently active periglacial processes occur above 1700-2000 m a. s. l., while relict observed down to 1100-1400 l. Among most prominent extensive talus screes fans, numerous rock glaciers (especially in Rila, P...

The initial expansion of anatomically modern humans (AMH) occurred during a hyperarid event in Africa that occurred 135-75 ka. Large-scale AMH spread in northern Eurasia started during the Middle Weichselian glacial maximum, and proceeded during the subsequent mild interstadial (60-40 ka ago). This expansion which encompassed the polar regions and southern Siberia proceeded at a remarkably rapi...

The interaction between tectonism and erosion produces rugged landscapes in actively deforming regions. In the northwestern Himalaya, the form of the landscape was found to be largely independent of exhumation rates, but regional trends in mean and modal elevations, hypsometry (frequency distribution of altitude), and slope distributions were correlated with the extent of glaciation. These obse...