Abstract The study of European Pleistocene Hippopotamus presents unresolved questions
and a lack of consensus among specialists being matter of hotly debate in the last decades …

A skull of Hippopotamus recovered from the area of Tor di Quinto, within the urban area of
Rome (central Italy) is here redescribed. Despite being one of the most complete specimens …

Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

The use of bone as raw material for implements is documented since the Early Pleistocene.
Throughout the Early and Middle Pleistocene bone tool sha** was done by percussion …

We present an inventory of the progress of recent research on the biostratigraphy and
palaeoecology of the genus Equus sensu lato in Europe. Our discussion starts with the new …

Here, we describe a partial cranium of a large canid dated at 406.5±2.4 ka from the Middle
Pleistocene of Ponte Galeria (Rome, Italy). The sample represents one of the few Middle …

The taxonomy, chronology and dispersal patterns of hippopotamuses in Western Europe are
still a matter of debate, despite the long history of researchers on these topics. In this …

CT-scan analyses were carried out on limb bones of straight-tusked elephants
(Palaeoloxodon antiquus) from the Middle Pleistocene site of Castel di Guido (Italy), where …

In this work, the Middle Pleistocene mammal assemblage from Ponte Molle, a historical
locality of the urban area of Rome, has been revised together with a review of the …

Accurately reconstructing the scale and timing of dynamic processes, such as Middle-Late
Pleistocene explosive volcanism and rapid climatic changes, requires rigorous and …