The giant, short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris was the largest Hyaenidae ever
existed and the one that perfectly embodied the distinctive bone-cracking adaptations of this …

Abstract The study of European Pleistocene Hippopotamus presents unresolved questions
and a lack of consensus among specialists being matter of hotly debate in the last decades …

Stone tools stratified in alluvium and loess at Korolevo, western Ukraine, have been studied
by several research groups,–since the discovery of the site in the 1970s. Although …

Over the last few decades, several types of evidence such as presence of hominin remains,
lithic assemblages, and bones with anthropogenic surface modifications have demonstrated …

After a century of research, the chronology of the first arrival of hominins in Europe remains
controversial. Four Spanish localities potentially record evidence of the oldest Europeans …

We present the results of the first dating study of site P13 at Pirro Nord, Italy, which
documents some of the earliest evidence for hominin presence in western Europe. Our multi …

The lithic assemblage of Barranco León (BL), attributed to the Oldowan techno-complex,
contributes valuable information to reconstruct behavioral patterning of the first hominins to …

Abstract Barranco León (Orce, Andalusia, Spain) provides the oldest case of knapping and
percussive activities on an ancient raw material reservoir deposit. This site has already …

Abstract The Lower Palaeolithic site of Cimitero di Atella is located in the Basilicata region
(Southern Italy), about 10 km south of the extinct Monte Vulture volcano. The site was …

Ancient evidence of human presence in Europe is recorded in several Early Pleistocene
archaeopalaeontological sites from Spain, France and Italy. This is the case of Barranco …