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Vegetation Changes in Southeastern Siberia During the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Relationships between climate, species composition, and species richness are of particular importance for understanding how boreal ecosystems will respond to ongoing climate change.
Jérémy Courtin, Andrei A. Andreev, Elena Raschke, Sarah Bala, Boris K. Biskaborn, Sisi Liu, Heike Zimmermann, Bernhard Diekmann, Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring, Luidmila A. Pestryakova, Ulrike Herzschuh, Ulrike Herzschuh, Ulrike Herzschuh   +12 more
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Evolution of Homo in the Middle and Late Pleistocene

Journal of Human Evolution, 2022
The Middle and Late Pleistocene is arguably the most interesting period in human evolution. This broad period witnessed the evolution of our own lineage, as well as that of our sister taxon, the Neanderthals, and related Denisovans. It is exceptionally rich in both fossil and archaeological remains, and uniquely benefits from insights gained through ...
Harvati, Katerina, Reyes-Centeno, Hugo
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Were late Gomphotheres (Plio-Pleistocene) of the Siwaliks at more Stress as compared to early Gomphotheres (middle to late Miocene)?

Journal of Bioresource Management, 2020
Gomphotheres existed in the Siwaliks from the middle Miocene (14.2Ma) to the middle Pleistocene (0.8Ma) and became extinct later on. In this paper, we tried to discuss the reasons of such extinction of gomphotheres in the lower Pleistocene time span by ...
Muhammad Ameen , Abdul Majid Khan, Muhammad Tahir Waseem, Rana Manzoor Ahmad , Ayesha Iqbal   +4 more
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Pleistocene reefs of the Egyptian Red Sea: environmental change and community persistence [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
The fossil record of Red Sea fringing reefs provides an opportunity to study the history of coral-reef survival and recovery in the context of extreme environmental change.
Lorraine R. Casazza
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Pleistocene horses (genus Equus) in the central Balkans [PDF]

Geološki Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva, 2003
A review of the fossil horses of the genus Equus from the central Balkans, a mountainous area comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is presented in this paper. The time period covered by the finds is from the late Early to and including the Late Pleistocene,
Forsten Ann, Dimitrijević Vesna M.
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THE GENUS URSUS IN EURASIA: DISPERSAL EVENTS AND STRATIGRAPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2017
On the basis of the results of former studies by the present authors five main groups of bears are recognized: Ursus gr. minimus - thibetanus (black bears), Ursus gr. etruscus (etruscan bears), Ursus gr. arctos (brown bears), Ursus gr.
MARCO RUSTIONI, PAUL MAZZA
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Heinrich Climatic Events in North West of Iran in Late Pleistocene [PDF]

جغرافیا و توسعه, 2019
Aims of This research is investigation and reconstruction of climate change during quaternary period according to Urmia Lake terraces and we use elevation changes of this lake as indicator of climate change. 14 lake terraces were found during field work.
ali reza salehipour, Razyeh Lak, Mojtaba Yamani   +2 more
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Evolution and changes of the ancient Luanhe fluvial fan since the Quaternary in Tangshan, Hebei Province

Dizhi lixue xuebao, 2023
The study of the ancient Luanhe alluvial fan has focused more on the Holocene, and no systematic study has been conducted on its Pleistocene evolution and variation.
CHEN Hongqiang, ZHUAN Shaopeng, ZHAO Huaping, YANG Rui, CHEN Chao, DUAN Bingxin, LI Qingzhe   +6 more
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Die hochwürmzeitlichen Rückzugsphasen des Rhein-Vorlandgletschers und der erste alpine Eisrandkomplex im Spätglazial [PDF]

Geographica Helvetica
The Upper Pleistocene Wurm Glaciation Recessional Stades of the Alpine foreland glaciers of the Rhine area, and the first Alpine boundary complex of the Late Pleistocene.
O. Keller, E. Krayss
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Gradual Change in Human Tooth Size in the Late Pleistocene and Post- Pleistocene [PDF]

Evolution, 1987
Starting with the onset of the last glaciation approximately 100,000 years ago and continuing to the end of the Late Pleistocene approximately 10,000 years ago, human tooth size began to reduce at a rate of 1% every 2,000 years. Both the mesial-distal and the buccal-lingual dimensions of mandibular and maxillary teeth were undergoing the same rate of ...
Brace, C. Loring, Rosenberg, Karen R., Hunt, Kevin D.   +2 more
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