Taphonomy for taxonomists: implications of predation in small mammal studies

Y Fernández-Jalvo, P Andrews, C Denys… - Quaternary Science …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Predation is one of the most recurrent sources of bone accumulations. The influence of
predation is widely studied for large mammal sites where humans, acting as predators …

One million years of cultural evolution in a stable environment at Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)

J Rodríguez, F Burjachs, G Cuenca-Bescós… - Quaternary Science …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The present paper analyses the evidence provided by three sites (Sima del Elefante, Gran
Dolina, and Galería) located in the Trinchera del Ferrocarril of the Sierra de Atapuerca …

The origin of grass-dominated ecosystems

BF Jacobs, JD Kingston, LL Jacobs - Annals of the Missouri Botanical …, 1999‏ - JSTOR
Approximately one-third of the Earth's vegetative cover comprises savannas, grasslands,
and other grass-dominated ecosystems. Paleobotanical, paleofaunal, and stable carbon …

Palaeobotanical studies from tropical Africa: relevance to the evolution of forest, woodland and savannah biomes

BF Jacobs - … Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 2004‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Fossil plants provide data on climate, community composition and structure, all of which are
relevant to the definition and recognition of biomes. Macrofossils reflect local vegetation …

Evolution of horns in ungulates: ecology and paleoecology

C Janis - Biological Reviews, 1982‏ - Wiley Online Library
The savanna ungulate faunas of the North American Miocene were broadly similar to those
of present‐day East Africa in terms of overall morphological and taxonomic diversity …

Taphonomy and palaeoecology of Olduvai bed-I (Pleistocene, Tanzania)

Y Fernández-Jalvo, C Denys, P Andrews… - Journal of human …, 1998‏ - Elsevier
Detailed taxonomic and taphomonic studies of rodents and palaeo-ecological analysis have
been undertaken to investigate faunal change in Olduvai Bed-I. The palaeoenvironments …

Shifting adaptive landscapes: progress and challenges in reconstructing early hominid environments

JD Kingston - American Journal of Physical Anthropology: The …, 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
Since Darwin situated humans in an evolutionary framework, much discussion has focused
on environmental factors that may have shaped or influenced the course of human …

Were there mammalian pursuit predators in the Tertiary? Dances with wolf avatars

CM Janis, PB Wilhelm - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 1993‏ - Springer
Fast-running, long-legged pursuit carnivores are familiar members of the present-day
ecosystem, and it has been assumed that extinct large predators took similar …

Isotopic dietary reconstructions of Pliocene herbivores at Laetoli: Implications for early hominin paleoecology

JD Kingston, T Harrison - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Major morphological and behavioral innovations in early human evolution have traditionally
been viewed as responses to conditions associated with increasing aridity and the …

Bioclimatic discriminant capacity of terrestrial mammal faunas

MH Fernández - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2001‏ - Wiley Online Library
A new method of environmental inference is presented. This method uses the climatic
restriction index (CRI) for each mammal species, based on its geographical range within …