This field excursion emphasizes the interplay between climate, landscape, and human history in a desert environment. It explores the eastern margin of the Thar Desert, a key corridor for human migration during the Late Quaternary. The region’s landscape holds vital clues to past climate shifts, river system changes, and early human settlement. Participants will explore sedimentary sequences, ancient dunes, paleosols, and former lake beds to reconstruct past environments and understand how early humans adapted to changing conditions.