The temporal scale of diet and dietary proxies

M Davis, S Pineda‐Munoz - Ecology and evolution, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Diets estimated from different proxies such as stable isotopes, stomach contents, and dental
microwear often disagree, leading to nominally well‐supported but greatly differing …

Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus

MD Voysey, PJN de Bruyn, AB Davies - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Megaherbivores perform vital ecosystem engineering roles, and have their last remaining
stronghold in Africa. Of Africa's remaining megaherbivores, the common hippopotamus …

Early Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools

M Mussi, MM Skinner, RT Melis, J Panera… - Science, 2023 - science.org
In Africa, the scarcity of hominin remains found in direct association with stone tools has
hindered attempts to link Homo habilis and Homo erectus with particular lithic industries …

Dietary changes of large herbivores in the Turkana Basin, Kenya from 4 to 1 Ma

TE Cerling, SA Andanje, SA Blumenthal… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - pnas.org
A large stable isotope dataset from East and Central Africa from ca. 30 regional collection
sites that range from forest to grassland shows that most extant East and Central African …

Fire and grazing determined grasslands of central Madagascar represent ancient assemblages

CL Solofondranohatra… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The ecology of Madagascar's grasslands is under-investigated and the dearth of ecological
understanding of how disturbance by fire and grazing shapes these grasslands stems from a …

Assessing the role of large herbivores in the structuring and functioning of freshwater and marine angiosperm ecosystems

ES Bakker, JF Pagès, R Arthur, T Alcoverro - Ecography, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
While large herbivores can have strong impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, much less is
known of their role in aquatic systems. We reviewed the literature to determine: 1) which …

Late Miocene to Pliocene carbon isotope record of differential diet change among East African herbivores

KT Uno, TE Cerling, JM Harris, Y Kunimatsu… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - pnas.org
Stable isotope and molecular data suggest that C4 grasses first appeared globally in the
Oligocene. In East Africa, stable isotope data from pedogenic carbonate and fossil tooth …

A window into a late Pleistocene megafauna community: Stable isotopes show niche partitioning among herbivorous taxa at the Arroyo del Vizcaíno site (Uruguay)

L Varela, L Clavijo, PS Tambusso, RA Fariña - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The analysis of stable isotopes on fossil mammals has become a widely used tool for
understanding the paleoecology and paleodiet of these organisms. In this work, we study …

Earliest Evidence for the Ivory Trade in Southern Africa: Isotopic and ZooMS Analysis of Seventh–Tenth Century ad Ivory from KwaZulu-Natal

AN Coutu, G Whitelaw, P Le Roux, J Sealy - African Archaeological …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract KwaGandaganda, Ndondondwane and Wosi were major Early Farming Community
settlements in what is today the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. These sites have …

Oxygen isotope evidence for semi-aquatic habits among spinosaurid theropods

R Amiot, E Buffetaut, C Lécuyer, X Wang… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Spinosaurs were large theropod dinosaurs showing peculiar specializations, including
somewhat crocodile-like elongate jaws and conical teeth. Their biology has been much …