The chronology of the first colonization of Europe by hominids has been a rather
controversial issue until this decade, with most palaeoanthropologists claiming that there …

Human occupants of Europe shared food resources with a number of larger Carnivora, and
their coexistence with two lion-sized felids, the lion and the scimitar-toothed machairodont …

Winner, 2010 PROSE Award for Excellence in the Biological Sciences. Professional and
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The editors utilize their 50 years of combined experience in professional engagement with
the behaviour and ecology of wild felids to draw together a unique network of the world's …

There is little consistency in the notation and orientation terminology used in discussions of
non-mammalian fossil venebrate dentitions. The standardization of this terminology, as done …

Ecomorphological and biogeochemical (trace element, and carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen
isotope ratios) analyses have been used for determining the dietary niches and habitat …

We report taphonomic and palaeoecologic data on the rich, diverse and well preserved
assemblage of large mammals from lower Pleistocene deposits at Venta Micena (Orce …

Skull variables were analysed for allometry patterns in 56 species of extant carnivores. As
previously reported, many skull variables scale near isometrically with either skull length or …

The performance of an organism's feeding apparatus has obvious implications for its fitness
and survival. However, the majority of studies that focus on chondrichthyan feeding have …

In this article, hypotheses about the origin, evolution and dispersal of Megantereon are
reviewed using the fossil specimens included in previous comparative studies as well as the …