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 Venta Micena (Orce, Guadix-Baza Basin, Spain) is an Early Pleistocene locality
renowned for the richness and quality of its palaeontological record. VM is spread over an …

This study investigates the community structure, dynamics and evolution of the guilds of
large carnivorans during the Pleistocene of Europe. Emphasis is given to important …

Consumption of animal-sourced food is an important factor in broadening the diet of early
hominins, promoting brain and body growth, and increasing behavioural complexity …

Extinct hyenas of the genus Crocuta were typical representatives of the Late Pleistocene
mammoth fauna of Eurasia. The geographical distribution of these animals was vast …

The karst fissures known as" ventarole", located in the Salentine Peninsula (southernmost
part of Apulia, Italy), were first studied by Mirigliano in 1941. These fissures are generally …

Panthera gombaszoegensis was recorded over from 100 African and Eurasian localities,
ranged between 2.5 and 0.3 Myr. Among them, seven cave sites, Żabia, Tunel Wielki, Kozi …

The internal cranial morphology of the terrestrial sloth Glossotherium robustum is described
here based on a neurocranium from the late Pleistocene of the Pampean region of Buenos …

Suidae remains recovered from the late Pliocene site of Collepardo (Latium, central Italy)
are described and assigned to Sus arvernensis, a small-sized Ruscinian to Early …

The range of cranial morphology seen in domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) is a direct
result of thousands of years of selective breeding. This article is the first to investigate how …