This paper provides an overview of the contentious issue of global megafaunal extinctions in
the Late Quaternary. The main proposed causes are 'overkill', environmental change or a …

Species are fundamental units in biological research and can be defined on the basis of
various operational criteria. There has been growing use of molecular approaches for …

Although a rich record of Pleistocene human-associated archaeological assemblages
exists, the scarcity of hominin fossils often impedes the understanding of which hominins …

Collagen, the organic fraction of bone, records the isotopic parameters of consumed food for
carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N). This relationship of isotopic signature between diet …

Although many large mammal species went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene epoch, their
DNA may persist due to past episodes of interspecies admixture. However, direct empirical …

Palaeogenomes provide the potential to study evolutionary processes in real time, but this
potential is limited by our ability to recover genetic data over extended timescales. 1 As a …

Ancient DNA studies have revolutionized the study of extinct species and populations,
providing insights on phylogeny, phylogeography, admixture and demographic history …

The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus sensu lato) is a typical representative of Pleistocene
megafauna which became extinct at the end of the Last Glacial. Detailed knowledge of cave …

Four isolated canid skulls from four sites (Badyarikha River, Tirekhtyakh River, Ulakhan
Sular, Malyi Lyakhovsky Island) in the Sakha Republic of northern Siberia are here …

Paleogenomics, also known as genome-wide ancient DNA analysis, is transforming our
understanding of the human past, but has been much less intensively used to understand …