The origin of contemporary Europeans remains contentious. We obtained a genome
sequence from Kostenki 14 in European Russia dating from 38,700 to 36,200 years ago …

Systematic relationships of cervids have been controversial for decades. Despite new input
from molecular systematics, consensus could only be partially reached. The initial, gross …

The dispersal of Homo sapiens in Siberia and Mongolia occurred by 45 to 40 thousand
years (ka) ago; however, the climatic and environmental context of this event remains poorly …

Background Rodents are recognized as hosts for at least 60 zoonotic diseases and may
represent a serious threat for human health. In the context of global environmental changes …

This paper explores the modes of dispersal, variability, and chronology of the Initial Upper
Paleolithic (IUP) of Southern Siberia and the northern Central Asia. Several types of tool …

Archaeological assemblages labeled as Initial Upper Paleolithic are often seen as possible
evidence for dispersals of Homo sapiens populations in Eurasia, ca. 45,000 years ago …

We perform Bayesian phylogenetic analyses on cytochrome b sequences from 264 of the
290 extant cetartiodactyl mammals (whales plus even-toed ungulates) and two recently …

The taxonomy of American deer has been established almost entirely on the basis of
morphological data and without the use of explicit phylogenetic methods; hence …

The nature of the mechanisms that have shaped the animal communities of the island of
Ireland remains a pervasive question in the study of the Quaternary of north-western Europe …

The giant deer, Megaloceros giganteus, is one of the most celebrated of late Quaternary
megafaunal species. Here we present new radiocarbon data on the pattern of its extinction …