Dietary flexibility and niche partitioning of large herbivores through the Pleistocene of Britain

F Rivals, AM Lister - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Tooth wear analysis techniques (mesowear and microwear) are employed to analyze
dietary traits in proboscideans, perissodactyls and artiodactyls from 33 Pleistocene localities …

Using dental mesowear and microwear for dietary inference: a review of current techniques and applications

JL Green, DA Croft - Methods in paleoecology: Reconstructing Cenozoic …, 2018 - Springer
Mesowear and microwear analyses use data from worn tooth surfaces as proxies for feeding
ecology. Mesowear is based on gross dental wear and forms over months to years. The …

Paleoclimate change since the Miocene inferred from clay-mineral records of the Jiuquan Basin, NW China

Y Liu, C Song, Q Meng, P He, R Yang, R Huang… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global cooling and the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau have long been considered the crucial
controls of the climate change in inland Asia since the Cenozoic. However, which of these …

Investigation of equid paleodiet from Schöningen 13 II-4 through dental wear and isotopic analyses: Archaeological implications

F Rivals, MA Julien, M Kuitems… - Journal of Human …, 2015 - Elsevier
The paleodietary traits of the equid population from Schöningen 13 II-4 were investigated
through tooth mesowear and microwear analyses, as well as stable isotopic analyses. The …

[HTML][HTML] Error rates and observer bias in dental microwear analysis using light microscopy

MC Mihlbachler, BL Beatty, A Caldera-Siu, D Chan… - 2012 - palaeo-electronica.org
Despite the increased use of light microscopy in microwear analysis, studies that recognize
observer error are scarce. Nonetheless, microwear analysis based on light microscopy may …

Ancient diet of the Pleistocene gomphothere Notiomastodon platensis (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) from lowland mid-latitudes of South America …

L Asevedo, GR Winck, D Mothé, LS Avilla - Quaternary International, 2012 - Elsevier
The gomphothere assemblage from the Pleistocene of Águas de Araxá (Minas Gerais State,
Brazil) is composed of several isolated teeth, cranial and postcranial fragments assigned to …

[HTML][HTML] Paleodiet reconstructions and human utilization of middle Holocene Equus ferus in northwest Europe

J Kveiborg, A Uzunidis, L Klassen, F Klimscha… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study uses tooth meso-and microwear together with bone collagen stable isotope ratios
(carbon (δ 13 C), nitrogen (δ 15 N), and sulphur (δ 34 S)) to investigate diet and human …

[HTML][HTML] Neanderthal hunting grounds: the case of Teixoneres Cave (Spain) and Pié Lombard rockshelter (France)

A Uzunidis, R Blasco, JP Brugal, T Fourcade… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The study of Neanderthal-Environment interactions very often lacks precise data
that match the chrono-geographical frame of human activities. Here, we reconstruct …

[HTML][HTML] Dental microwear analysis of Kudaro cave bears: Insights into dietary evolution from the Middle to Late Pleistocene

P Duno-Iglesias, I Ramirez-Pedraza, F Rivals… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
The dietary changes of early cave bear populations from the Middle to Late Pleistocene are
poorly understood. In this study, we analysed 60 m1 through dental microwear analysis of …

Speciated mechanism in Quaternary cervids (Cervus and Capreolus) on both sides of the Pyrenees: a multidisciplinary approach

A Uzunidis, A Rufà, R Blasco, J Rosell, JP Brugal… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Cervids, and especially the red deer Cervus elaphus, are among the most regularly and
abundantly recorded ungulates in Pleistocene/Paleolithic bone assemblages. Numerous …