Sterkfontein at 75: review of paleoenvironments, fauna, dating and archaeology from the hominin site of Sterkfontein (Gauteng Province, South Africa). [PDF]
, 2011 Seventy-five years after Robert Broom’s discovery of the first adult Australopithecus in 1936, the Sterkfontein Caves (Gauteng Province, South Africa) remains one of the richest and most informative fossil hominin sites in the world.
Kibii, JM, Reynolds, Sally C.
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A lynx natural brain endocast from Ingarano (Southern Italy; Late Pleistocene). Taphonomic, Morphometric and Phylogenetic approaches [PDF]
, 2015 A natural brain endocast from the Late Pleistocene site of Ingarano (Apulia, Southern Italy) has been investigated in detail using CT scanning, image processing techniques and Geometric Morphometrics to obtain information about the taxonomy and ...
Cherin, Marco +5 more
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Contrasting evidence of phylogenetic trophic niche conservatism in mammals worldwide [PDF]
, 2017 Aim Phylogenetic niche conservatism (PNC), a pattern of closely related species retaining ancestral niche-related traits over evolutionary time, is well documented for abiotic (Grinellian) dimensions of the ecological niche.
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, 2008 The leopard or panther is a medium-sized cat with a length between1.85-2.15 m. It has short hairs and lacks the mane and the fringes of hair of the lion. Leopard sculptures appear to fall into two classes, one representing the leopard as the victim of a stabbing scene and one representing only the skin of the leopard.
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Veterinaria Italiana, 2019 The purpose of this study was to detect the antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in Royal Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris), Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica), leopards (Panthera pardus), and elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) residing in the ...
Aman D. Moudgil +3 more
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Tiques d'animaux sauvages en Haute-Volta [PDF]
, 1978 Vingt-quatre espèces de tiques ont été recensées sur les animaux sauvages de Haute-Volta. De 5 à 10 espèces pourront certainement s'ajouter à cette liste, après l'étude systématique du groupe d'Haemaphysalis leachi ou des récoltes de tiques sur éléphants,
Morel, Pierre-Claude
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Insular carnivore biogeography: island area and mammalian optimal body size.
, 2005 Published ...
Dayan, T, Meiri, S, Simberloff, D
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Interspecific killing among mammalian carnivores [PDF]
, 1999 Interspecific killing among mammalian carnivores is common in nature and accounts for up to 68% of known mortalities in some species. Interactions may be symmetrical (both species kill each other) or asymmetrical (one species kills the other), and ...
Caro, T.M., Palomares, Francisco
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Working with the public: how an unusual museum enquiry turned into travels through time and space [PDF]
, 2015 Museum enquiries offer a unique opportunity to engage on a one-to-one level with members of the public. This paper covers an unusual enquiry from 2013 of an unknown tooth that was brought into Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery for identification.
Evans, Jane, Freedman, Jan
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Boldness and natural behaviors in the African lion (Panthera leo): How are they related? [PDF]
, 2017 The African lion (Panthera leo) population is diminishing rapidly, approximately 43% since 1993 (Bauer et al., 2016. The species is currently listed as vulnerable by the IUCN (Bauer et al., 2016).
Kamyk, Courtney M
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