The use of discriminant function analyses (DFA) in archaeological and related research is
on the increase, however many of the assumptions of this method receive a mixed treatment …

The behaviour, physiology and morphology of animals are the outcome of adaptations to
particular ecological niches they occupy or once occupied. Studying the correlation between …

Hypsodont (ie high‐crowned) teeth have been interpreted as an indicator of feeding
preferences and habitat selection in ungulates. For this reason, the degree of hypsodonty …

Here we describe the new, rich lacustrine paleontological and archeological site of Wadi
Sarrat (Le Kef, northeastern Tunisia), dated to the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene,∼ 0.7 …

Limb long bones are essential to an animal's locomotion, and are thus expected to be
heavily influenced by factors such as mass or habitat. Because they are often the only …

Abstract The family Bovidae [Mammalia: Artiodactyla] is speciose and has extant
representatives on every continent, forming key components of mammal communities. For …

Survival and mortality profiles of mammalian species can provide information on the
environmental context of Pleistocene archaeopaleontological localities as well as on the …

The presence of the genus Cuon during the Pleistocene of Java is attested by the endemic
species C. sangiranensis and C. crassidens, sometimes classified as C. alpinus, a species …

Body mass is an important attribute of organisms. For extinct species, body mass is usually
predicted from allometric equations relating body mass with some variable (s) from the …

The metapodials of extinct horses have long been regarded as one of the most useful
skeletal elements to determine taxonomic identity. However, recent research on both extant …