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Lethal interpersonal violence in the Middle Pleistocene. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Evidence of interpersonal violence has been documented previously in Pleistocene members of the genus Homo, but only very rarely has this been posited as the possible manner of death.
Nohemi Sala +8 more
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Elephant bones for the Middle Pleistocene toolmaker. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 The use of bone as raw material for implements is documented since the Early Pleistocene. Throughout the Early and Middle Pleistocene bone tool shaping was done by percussion flaking, the same technique used for knapping stone artifacts, although bone shaping was rare compared to stone tool flaking.
Villa P +6 more
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The “missing glaciations” of the Middle Pleistocene [PDF]
Quaternary Research, 2020 AbstractGlobal glaciations have varied in size and magnitude since the Early–Middle Pleistocene transition (~773 ka), despite the apparent regular and high-amplitude 100 ka pacing of glacial–interglacial cycles recorded in marine isotope records. The evidence on land indicates that patterns of glaciation varied dramatically between different glacial ...
Philip D. Hughes +2 more
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THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE GLACIATIONS IN THE ALPS
Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary, 2023 Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary, 36 (2)
Giovanni Monegato 1 +6 more
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Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 2023 The history of the early Middle Pleistocene small mammal faunas of Eastern Europe is very complicated. The early Middle Pleistocene which spanned from the Brunhes-Matuyama transition (772.9 ka BP, within MIS 19) till the beginning of the Likhvin ...
Anastasia K. Markova +2 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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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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A Peculiar New Pampatheriidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the Pleistocene of Argentina and Comments on Pampatheriidae Diversity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Pampatheriidae are a group of cingulates native to South American that are known from the middle Miocene to the lower Holocene. Two genera have been recognized between the lower Pleistocene and the lower Holocene: Pampatherium Gervais and Ameghino ...
Flávio Góis +3 more
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MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SMALL MAMMAL fAUNAS Of EUROPE: EVOLUTION, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, CORRELATIONS
Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 2018 The paper is concerned with the small mammal fauna evolution in Europe in the Middle Pleistocene. The information on the faunas of the end of the Early Pleistocene has been also taken into consideration.
A. K. Markova, A. Yu. Puzachenko
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Quaternary marine transgressions in eastern China
Journal of Palaeogeography, 2012 Based on the data from 117 holes (9151 samples) and the research on ecology and palaeoecology of Foraminifera combined with that on Ostracoda, diatoms, pollen and spores, eight marine transgressions have been recognized in the great plain regions through
Lin Jingxing, Dai Luping
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