Between Scylla and Charybdis (part 2): The sedimentary dynamics of the ancient, Early Pleistocene Messina Strait (central Mediterranean) based on its modern analogue
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DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.01.017
Abstract: Abstract The 3-km-wide Messina Strait divides Sicily from the Italian peninsula, representing one of the most impressive examples of tide-dominated marine passageway of the central Mediterranean Sea. The tidal hydrodynamics governing the strait results from… read more here.
Keywords: strait; central mediterranean; early pleistocene; messina strait ... See more keywords
The Early Pleistocene herpetofauna of Rivoli Veronese (Northern Italy) as evidence for humid and forested glacial phases in the Gelasian of Southern Alps
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.11.016
Abstract: Abstract Among the Early Pleistocene Italian fossil herpetofaunas, Rivoli Veronese is remarkable in having yielded the youngest known allocaudates, represented by Albanerpeton pannonicum, together with remains of other amphibians and reptiles. The assemblage includes at… read more here.
Keywords: humid forested; phases gelasian; early pleistocene; rivoli veronese ... See more keywords
Dietary response of early Pleistocene ungulate communities to the climate oscillations of the Gelasian/Calabrian transition in Central Italy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.03.021
Abstract: Abstract Climatic oscillations at the Gelasian/Calabrian transition modified terrestrial palaeoenvironmental settings in the European region. A gradual drop in global temperatures beginning about 2.7 Ma led to drier conditions and to a reduction in, and subsequent… read more here.
Keywords: calabrian transition; early pleistocene; central italy; oscillations gelasian ... See more keywords
Beavers (Castoridae, Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Quaternary sites of the Sierra de Atapuerca, in Burgos, Spain
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.072
Abstract: Abstract The Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber is known from the Pleistocene in Europe, although there are references to the presence of the genus Castor since the Miocene, ca. 10 Ma. Beavers are present in the Iberian… read more here.
Keywords: castoridae rodentia; sierra atapuerca; early pleistocene; rodentia mammalia ... See more keywords
Microtus (Microtus) nivaloides from the Somssich Hill 2 site (southern Hungary): An Early Pleistocene forerunner of modern ‘true’ Microtus voles revealed by morphometric analyses
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.07.019
Abstract: Abstract Voles are among the most common and abundant rodents in Central Europe, represented by several species of Microtus and other genera. This group is also common in Pleistocene fossil assemblages. However, the taxonomy of… read more here.
Keywords: early pleistocene; morphometric analyses; site; microtus ... See more keywords
The first record of Phenacomys (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae) in Europe (early Pleistocene, Zuurland, The Netherlands)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.06.005
Abstract: Abstract The Beringian Land Bridge is a well-documented dispersal corridor between the Eurasian continent and North America. Episodic sub-aerial exposure of the land bridge during the Late Cenozoic resulted from climatic oscillations and concomitant lowering… read more here.
Keywords: early pleistocene; phenacomys; land bridge; pleistocene ... See more keywords
Pliocene and Early Pleistocene glaciation and landscape evolution on the Patagonian Steppe, Santa Cruz province, Argentina
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105992
Abstract: Abstract At least seven late Pliocene tills cap plateaus (mesetas) south of Lago Viedma, just east of the Andes in Argentine Patagonia. Chronologic constraints on the tills are provided by 40Ar/39Ar ages and magnetic polarities… read more here.
Keywords: santa cruz; early pleistocene; pliocene; pleistocene ... See more keywords
Aeolian influx and related environmental conditions on Gran Canaria during the early Pleistocene
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DOI: 10.1017/qua.2018.64
Abstract: Abstract The island of Gran Canaria is regularly affected by dust falls due to its proximity to the Saharan desert. Climatic oscillations may affect the Saharan dust input to the island. Geochemical, mineralogical, and textural… read more here.
Keywords: gran canaria; early pleistocene; dust; saharan dust ... See more keywords
Hyaenas and early humans in the latest Early Pleistocene of South-Western Europe
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03547-7
Abstract: Throughout the Pleistocene, early humans and carnivores frequented caves and large rock-shelters, usually generating bone accumulations. The well-preserved late Early Pleistocene sedimentary sequence at Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (CNERQ) has provided substantial… read more here.
Keywords: early pleistocene; hyaenas early; early humans; cueva negra ... See more keywords
Déjà vu: a reappraisal of the taphonomy of quarry VM4 of the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Baza Basin, SE Spain)
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04725-3
Abstract: Venta Micena, an Early Pleistocene site of the Baza Basin (SE Spain), preserves a rich and diverse assemblage of large mammals. VM3, the main excavation quarry of the site, has been interpreted as a den… read more here.
Keywords: quarry; early pleistocene; pleistocene site; venta micena ... See more keywords
The earliest Pleistocene record of a large-bodied hominin from the Levant supports two out-of-Africa dispersal events
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05712-y
Abstract: The paucity of early Pleistocene hominin fossils in Eurasia hinders an in-depth discussion on their paleobiology and paleoecology. Here we report on the earliest large-bodied hominin remains from the Levantine corridor: a juvenile vertebra (UB… read more here.
Keywords: early pleistocene; large bodied; africa dispersal; pleistocene ... See more keywords