An updated review of the Quaternary hippopotamus fossil records from the Iberian Peninsula

D Fidalgo, J Madurell-Malapeira, R Martino, L Pandolfi… - Quaternary, 2024 - mdpi.com
This work presents a comprehensive review of the Quaternary fossil records of
hippopotamuses from the Iberian Peninsula, unveiling biogeographical insights of global …

On the ecological context of the earliest human settlements in Europe: resource availability and competition intensity in the carnivore guild of Barranco León-D and …

G Rodríguez-Gómez, P Palmqvist, J Rodríguez… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
With an age of∼ 1.4 Ma, the Early Pleistocene archaeopaleontological sites of Barranco
León and Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Baza Basin, SE Spain) provide the oldest evidence on …

Use of meat resources in the early Pleistocene assemblages from Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, Spain)

J Yravedra, JA Solano, LA Courtenay… - Archaeological and …, 2021 - Springer
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 …

Déjà vu: on the use of meat resources by sabretooth cats, hominins, and hyaenas in the Early Pleistocene site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Guadix-Baza Depression, SE Spain …

P Palmqvist, G Rodríguez-Gómez… - Archaeological and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The late Early Pleistocene archaeological site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Guadix-
Baza Depression, SE Spain), dated to~ 1.4 Ma, provides evidence on the subsistence …

A comparative study of the Early Pleistocene carnivore guild from Dmanisi (Georgia)

S Bartolini-Lucenti, J Madurell-Malapeira… - Journal of human …, 2022 - Elsevier
The carnivore guild of the Early Pleistocene site of Dmanisi is among the most diverse of the
Early Pleistocene of the entire Old World. It includes 14 carnivoran taxa: Homotherium …

The tale of a short-tailed cat: New outstanding Late Pleistocene fossils of Lynx pardinus from southern Italy

B Mecozzi, R Sardella, A Boscaini, M Cherin… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The pardel lynx Lynx pardinus is today restricted to small populations living in southern
Iberian Peninsula. However, this endangered species was widely spread throughout Iberia …

Mean body size estimation in large mammals and the computation of biomass in past ecosystems: An application to the Pleistocene sites of Orce and Sierra de …

G Rodríguez Gomez, P Palmqvist, B Martínez Navarro… - 2022 - docta.ucm.es
Estimation de la taille moyenne des grands mammifères et calcul de la biomasse dans les
écosystèmes du passé: une application aux sites pléistocènes de l'Orce et de la Sierra de …

Resource availability and competition intensity in the carnivore guild of the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Orce, Baza Basin, SE Spain)

G Rodríguez-Gómez, P Palmqvist… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
With an age of∼ 1.6–1.5 Ma, the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Orce, Baza Basin,
SE Spain) has provided the large mammals assemblage of Late Villafranchian age with …

Taphonomic criteria for identifying Iberian lynx dens in quaternary deposits

A Rodríguez-Hidalgo, M Sanz, J Daura… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
For decades, taphonomists have dedicated their efforts to assessing the nature of the
massive leporid accumulations recovered at archaeological sites in the northwestern …

Carrying capacity, carnivoran richness and hominin survival in Europe

J Rodríguez, A Mateos - Journal of Human Evolution, 2018 - Elsevier
Carrying capacity, the maximum biomass that an ecosystem can sustain over the long term,
strongly influences several ecological processes and it is also one of the main determinants …