An unexpected Scalopini mole (Talpidae, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Europe sheds light on the phylogeny of talpids [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe Pliocene Konservat-Lagerstätten maar lake site of Camp dels Ninots (NE Iberian Peninsula) has recently delivered a partial skeleton of a mole (family Talpidae) with many elements in anatomical connection.
Adriana Linares-Martín +9 more
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First identification of a Neanderthal bone spear point through an interdisciplinary analysis at Abric Romaní (NE Iberian Peninsula) [PDF]
Scientific ReportsOsseous industry has been observed at an increasing number of Neanderthal sites. Bone fragments were used for practical purposes, and a range of bone shaping techniques were employed.
Paula Mateo-Lomba +7 more
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Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) as a bone modifying agent and its implications for archaeology [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Neo-taphonomic studies have allowed us to detect bone damage patterns linked to carnivore preferences and behavioral traits as well as to improve our understanding of the origin of different alterations on vertebrate fossil faunas.
Maite Arilla +4 more
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Butchering knives and hafting at the Late Middle Paleolithic open-air site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (NMO), Israel [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Much of what is known about human behavior and subsistence strategies in the Levantine Middle Paleolithic comes from long sequences from caves and rock shelters.
Juan Ignacio Martin-Viveros +4 more
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Author Correction: The bears from Dmanisi and the first dispersal of early Homo out of Africa [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Tsegai Medin +8 more
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Arid, mosaic environments during the Plio-Pleistocene transition and early hominin dispersals in northern Africa [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe earliest archaeological evidence from northern Africa dates to ca. 2.44 Ma. Nevertheless, the palaeoenvironmental setting of hominins living in this part of the continent at the Plio-Pleistocene transition remains poorly documented, particularly in ...
Iván Ramírez-Pedraza +24 more
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Speciated mechanism in Quaternary cervids (Cervus and Capreolus) on both sides of the Pyrenees: a multidisciplinary approach [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Cervids, and especially the red deer Cervus elaphus, are among the most regularly and abundantly recorded ungulates in Pleistocene/Paleolithic bone assemblages.
Antigone Uzunidis +6 more
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Ecologically sustainable human exploitation of the Gran Dolina TD10.2 bison (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThere is evidence that communal hunting of bison was a practice that occurred from the Middle Pleistocene to historic times and was also observed among Indigenous Americans.
Guillermo Rodríguez-Gómez +9 more
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Bone diagenesis and stratigraphic implications from Pleistocene karst systems [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBone diagenesis is a complex process that modifies bone components in response to burial conditions. These modifications help to understand deposit formation and classify fossils by stratigraphy. The combined techniques of X-ray diffraction with Rietveld
Héctor Del Valle +4 more
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Quaternary taphonomy: understanding the past through traces [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Taphonomical analysis allows us to understand the processes that underlie site formation, as well as provide insights into the modification and composition of studied fossil materials.
Ruth Blasco
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