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During the later part of the last century there was rapid development of the study and understanding of the changing environments of the last 2 million years. This came to provide a firm background for today's knowledge of the significance and importance of climatic change. Interdisciplinary research has been a prominent, if not essential, contributor to the successes achieved. In illustration of this connection, this volume describes here such developments in the University of Cambridge. In 1948 the University established a Subdepartment of Quaternary Research, with teaching and research

Paleobotany --- Geology, Stratigraphic --- Paleontology --- Paleoclimatology --- Archaeological geology --- Geology --- Archaeology --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Archaeogeology --- Geoarchaeology --- Geological archaeology --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology --- Quaternary Period --- History. --- Reid, Clement, --- Reid, C. --- University of Cambridge.