Oxygen isotope analyses of skeletal remains (18 O/16 O, δ 18 O) are a powerful tool for
exploring major themes in bioarchaeology (the study of biological archaeological remains) …

Precise estimates of mean annual temperature (MAT) for when Neanderthals occupied
Central Europe are critical for understanding the role that climatic and associated …

Carbonated apatites represent an important class of compounds encountered in many fields
including anthropology, archeology, geology, medicine and biomaterials engineering. They …

The nature of the physiology and thermal regulation of the nonavian dinosaurs is the subject
of debate. Previously, arguments have been made for both endothermic and ectothermic …

Abstract The 17 O anomaly (Δ 17 O) of natural waters has been shown to be sensitive to
evaporation in a way analogous to deuterium excess, with evaporated bodies of water (eg …

Eocene climate cooling, driven by the falling pCO2 and tectonic changes in the Southern
Ocean, impacted marine ecosystems. Sharks in high‐latitude oceans, sensitive to these …

Llama (Lama glama) and alpaca (Vicugna pacos) are the only large domesticated animals
indigenous to the Americas. Pastoralism occupies a fundamental economic, social and …

Teleosauridae and Metriorhynchidae were thalattosuchian crocodylomorph clades that
secondarily adapted to marine life and coexisted during the Middle to Late Jurassic. While …

Several studies of the marine sedimentary record have documented the evolution of global
climate during the Permo-Triassic mass extinction. By contrast, the continental records have …

Abstract During the cold Late Barremian–Early Albian interval, terrestrial environments in
East Asia were populated by rich and diverse vertebrate faunas characterized by a strong …