The effects of the “0.9 Ma event” on the Mediterranean ecosystems during the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition as revealed by dental wear patterns of fossil …

F Strani, D DeMiguel, DM Alba, S Moyà-Solà… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early-Middle Pleistocene Transition (EMPT)(ca. 1.4–0.4 Ma) represents a
fundamental transformation in the Earth's climate state, starting at 1.4 Ma with a progressive …

Impact of Early and Middle Pleistocene major climatic events on the palaeoecology of Southern European ungulates

F Strani - Historical Biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Early and Middle Pleistocene were characterised by two major climatic
events: the onset of the Quaternary glaciations and the Early-Middle Pleistocene Transition …

Multipronged dental analyses reveal dietary differences in last foragers and first farmers at Grotta Continenza, central Italy (15,500–7000 BP)

A Nava, E Fiorin, A Zupancich, M Carra, C Ottoni… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
This paper provides results from a suite of analyses made on human dental material from
the Late Palaeolithic to Neolithic strata of the cave site of Grotta Continenza situated in the …

Sauropod dinosaur teeth from the lower Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia and the global record of early titanosauriforms

SF Poropat, TG Frauenfelder… - Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, has produced several
partial sauropod skeletons, but cranial remains—including teeth—remain rare. Herein, we …

[HTML][HTML] The role of climate change in the extinction of the last wild equids of Europe: Palaeoecology of Equus ferus and Equus hydruntinus during the Last Glacial …

F Strani, D DeMiguel - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The last European wild equids—Equus ferus and Equus hydruntinus—were among the
large mammals (or megafauna) that became extinct during the Late Quaternary Extinction …

Lifestyle changes and its effect towards the evolution of human dentition

A Kurniawan, SM Moza, N Nuraini, MA Hanif… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background The dentition of modern humans has evolved from their hominid ancestors to
their current form. Factors regarding the changes of lifestyle such as dietary habits and …

An unprecedented case of cranial surgery in Longobard Italy (6th–8th century) using a cruciform incision

I Micarelli, F Strani, S Bedecarrats… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Longobard necropolis of Castel Trosino dates from the 6th to the 8th century
CE. Among the tombs excavated, the skull of an older female shows the first evidence of a …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroanatomy and palaeoecology of the Early Pleistocene Dama-like deer from Pirro Nord (Apulia, Italian Peninsula)

F Strani, F Di Folco, DA Iurino, M Cherin… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Medium-sized deer are frequently found in Early Pleistocene fossiliferous deposits of
Southern Europe, and hence they represent a reference group for the Villafranchian fauna …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary adaptations of early and middle pleistocene equids from the anagni basin (Frosinone, Central Italy)

F Strani, D Pushkina, H Bocherens… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The intermontane Anagni Basin (Frosinone, central Italy) is an important region for Italian
biochronology and paleoecology due to the presence of two rich fossil assemblages dated …

Dental microwear as a diet indicator in the seventeenth-century human population from Iasi City, Romania

OM Petraru, VM Groza, A Lobiuc, L Bejenaru… - Archaeological and …, 2020 - Springer
The dental microwear analysis (DMA) focuses on diet reconstructions, being able to provide
proxy indicators of some events regarding technological shifts in food processing and social …