Reconstructing the conditions and circumstances under which the human lineage evolved is
of great interest to those disciplines related to human evolution, especially in fields such as …

Accurate age-depth models for proxy records are crucial for inferring changes to the
environment through space and time, yet traditional methods of constructing these models …

A paleobiological study of Santacrucian native ungulates is presented in this chapter. Seven
families are recorded: Hegetotheriidae, Interatheriidae, Toxodontidae, and …

Abstract The late Early Pleistocene archaeological site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Guadix-
Baza Depression, SE Spain), dated to~ 1.4 Ma, provides evidence on the subsistence …

The continental early-middle Miocene Santa Cruz Formation (SCF) in Austral Patagonia
contains the best record of South American mammalian faunas prior to the Great American …

S outh A merican native ungulates include extinct taxa that evolved within the geographical
context given by the isolation of S outh A merica during most of the C enozoic. The …

The early Miocene mammal Necrolestes patagonensis from Patagonia, Argentina, was
described in 1891 as the only known extinct placental “insectivore” from South America (SA) …

The northern coastal area of the Iberian Peninsula shows an excellent archaeo-
paleontological record with a unique representation of Pleistocene mammalian fossils …

This study investigates whether terrestrial mammalian carnivore guilds of ancient South
America, which developed in relative isolation, were similar to those of other continents. We …

Abstract Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, has some of the richest fossil mammal localities in
the world. However, the absolute and relative ages of its fossil localities have long been a …