Large herbivores and carnivores (the megafauna) have been in a state of decline and
extinction since the Late Pleistocene, both on land and more recently in the oceans. Much …

Trophic rewilding is an ecological restoration strategy that uses species introductions to
restore top-down trophic interactions and associated trophic cascades to promote self …

The Mammoth Steppe was the dominant terrestrial biome of the Northern Hemisphere
during the late Pleistocene. It encompassed a nonanalog community of animals living in a …

The temporal and spatial coarseness of megafaunal fossil records complicates attempts to to
disentangle the relative impacts of climate change, ecosystem restructuring, and human …

Radiocarbon dates for the ancient drawings in the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc Cave revealed ages
much older than expected. These early ages and nature of this Paleolithic art make this …

Abstract During the Upper Paleolithic, lions become an important theme in Paleolithic art
and are more frequent in anthropogenic faunal assemblages. However, the relationship …

Correlating cultural, technological and ecological aspects of both Upper Pleistocene modern
humans (UPMHs) and Neandertals provides a useful approach for achieving robust …

Nitrogen isotope ratios (δ 15 N) are a well-established tool for investigating the dietary and
trophic behavior of animals in terrestrial and marine food webs. To date, δ 15 N values in …

Synanthropic behavior, ie, the behavior of wild animals that benefit from a shared ecology
with humans, has existed long before the sedentarization of Homo sapiens during the …

Abstract The Late Pleistocene site “Troisième caverne” of Goyet (Belgium) has yielded the
broadest set of Neandertal remains in North-Western Europe and is associated with a rich …