Sri Lanka has produced the earliest clear evidence for Homo sapiens fossils in South Asia
and research in the region has provided important insights into modern human adaptations …

Sri Lankan snails have a complex history that might be linked to events ranging from
Mesozoic plate tectonics and climate change on a global scale to more recent regional …

A second extinct big cat, tentatively considered to be a tiger (Panthera tigris), is recorded
from Sri Lanka for the first time from a fossil left lower carnassial found in alluvium near …

Aim The main aims of the study were:(1) to investigate the effect of fragment age in relation
to other patch‐and landscape‐scale measures of forest fragmentation, and (2) to assess the …

The island of Sri Lanka, located immediately southeast of the Indian mainland, shares the
continental shelf of the India–Sri Lanka (Deccan) plate. The recognition of Sri Lanka and …

The skeletal evidence for early modern human occupation of South Asia is sparse. Sri Lanka
has been occupied by modern humans from the terminal Pleistocene, with a skeletal record …

The recorded history of exploration of pteridophytes in Sri Lanka dates back to 1672-1675
when Poul Hermann had collected a few fern specimens which were first described by …

This study presents a discovery of Acavus haemastoma, wet-humid favouring arboreal land
snails from Semi-Arid coastal lagoon habitat during the late Holocene period in Southern Sri …

Bones, teeth, and shells have been acknowledged over the last two centuries as evidence of
chronology, Palaeo-environment, and human activity. Faunal traces are valid evidence of …

A sufficient knowledge on prehistoric culture and habitat of earliest Homo sapiens
(Balangoda man) is available in Batadomba-lena cave, a noticeable rock shelter in lowland …