Between fifty and ten thousand years ago, most large mammals became extinct everywhere
except Africa. Slow-breeding animals also were hard hit, regardless of size. This unusual …

The last few decades have witnessed a rapid rise in the use of foraging models derived from
behavioral ecology to explain and predict temporal and spatial differences in faunal …

This book is an introduction to the archaeology of Australia from prehistoric times to the
eighteenth century AD. It is the only up-to-date textbook on the subject and is designed for …

All forager (or hunter–gatherer) societies construct niches, many of them actively by the
concentration of wild plants into useful stands, small-scale cultivation, burning of natural …

Large-scale changes in global climate at the end of the Pleistocene significantly impacted
ecosystems across North America. However, the pace and scale of biotic turnover in …

Fundamentals of Biogeography presents an accessible, engaging and comprehensive
introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology, geography, history and conservation …

South America lost around 52 genera of mammals during a worldwide event known as the
Late Quaternary Extinction episode. More than 80% of South American mammals weighing> …

During the latest Pleistocene-earliest Holocene, South American terrestrial vertebrate
faunas suffered one of the largest (and probably the youngest) extinction in the world for this …

In order to understand the behaviours and subsistence choices of Palaeolithic hunter–
gatherers, it is essential to understand the behavioural ecology of their prey. Here, we …

A presente crise ecológica conduziu a uma revisão de paradigmas em antropologia, e ao
questionamento da contribuição da disciplina para a elaboração das políticas ambientais e …