Since the late Pleistocene, large-bodied mammals have been extirpated from much of Earth.
Although all habitable continents once harbored giant mammals, the few remaining species …

The analysis of stable isotopes on fossil mammals has become a widely used tool for
understanding the paleoecology and paleodiet of these organisms. In this work, we study …

The transition of hominins to a largely meat-based diet∼ 1.8 million years ago led to the
exploitation of other mammals for food and resources. As hominins, particularly archaic and …

This book summarizes the evolution of carnivorous mammals in the Cenozoic of South
America. It presents paleontological information on the two main mammalian carnivorous …

Since the late eighteenth century, fossils of bizarre extinct creatures have been described
from the Americas, revealing a previously unimagined chapter in the history of mammals …

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> …

Sloths, like other xenarthrans, are an extremely interesting group of mammals that, after a
long history of evolution and diversification in South America, became established on …

Body mass is one of the basic information in ecological studies, however, this is a rare
information for the Late Pleistocene megafauna of the South America Intertropical Region. In …

As evolutionary biologists, we live in exciting and promising times. The material basis of our
science is growing at an unprecedented rate; fossils preserving structures we thought …

Human–megafauna interaction in the Americas has great scientific and ethical interest
because of its implications on Pleistocene extinction. The Arroyo del Vizcaíno site near …