The long neck of the giraffe has been held as a classic example of adaptive evolution since
Darwin's time. Here we report on an unusual fossil giraffoid, Discokeryx xiezhi, from the early …

Abstract The Nihewan Basin in North China is one of the most important early
archaeological sequences for our understanding of the ecological ranges exploited by …

This paper reports the discovery of a new mammalian assemblage at Mocun cave in 2000
by the Natural History Museum of Guangxi. The Mocun site is located in a residual karst …

Secure environmental contexts are crucial for hominin interpretation and comparison. The
discovery of a Denisovan individual and associated fauna at Tam Ngu Hao 2 (Cobra) Cave …

The wooly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) and forest rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus
kirchbergensis) were prominent representatives of the Middle and Late Pleistocene glacial …

The capability of Pleistocene hominins to successfully adapt to different types of tropical
forested environments has long been debated. In order to investigate environmental …

China is a crucial region for investigating the relationship between climate change and
hominin evolution across diverse terrestrial ecosystems. With the continuous development of …

Massive human‐induced declines of large‐sized animals and trees (megabiota) from the
Late Pleistocene to the Anthropocene have resulted in downsized ecosystems across the …

Orangutans today have versatile diets dependent upon variation in food availability across
time (season) and space (local habitat; Delgado and van Schaik, 2000; Russon et al., 2009; …

Abstract The Late Miocene witnessed significant changes in climate globally and was an
important time in the evolution of hominoids. Here, we report the results of an isotopic study …