The giant, short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris was the largest Hyaenidae ever
existed and the one that perfectly embodied the distinctive bone-cracking adaptations of this …

This study analyses the fossil record of leopards in the Iberian Peninsula. According to the
systematic and morphometric features of new remains, identified mainly in Late Pleistocene …

Late Pleistocene hominins co-evolved with non-analogue assemblages of carnivores and
carnivorous omnivores. Although previous work has carefully examined the ecological and …

Abstract Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain) is a reference site for Middle
Palaeolithic studies of the Iberian Peninsula. The cave preserves an extensive stratigraphic …

The debate over hominid–carnivore interactions during the Pleistocene has been mainly
approached from a human perspective, with the aim of contributing to the knowledge of the …

Abstract The Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal), with evidence of human occupancy
dating back∼ 400,000 years, is one of very few Middle Pleistocene cave sites to provide a …

The understanding of Neanderthal societies, both with regard to their funerary behaviors
and their subsistence activities, is hotly debated. Old excavations and a lack of taphonomic …

The European rabbit is a small burrowing mammal that is particularly abundant in Western
Europe since the Pleistocene and introduced around the world over the last few centuries …

The rich archaeofaunal record of Iberia provides a means of exploring potential differences
between Neanderthal and anatomically modern human interactions with the environment. In …

The ancient form of the cave lion, Panthera (Leo) spelaea fossilis reported in Eurasia from
the median Middle Pleistocene and the more recent one, P.(Leo) spelaea spelaea which …