The Caribbean archipelago is a hotspot of biodiversity characterized by a high rate of
extinction. Recent studies have examined these losses, but the causes of the Antillean Late …

Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

Whatever the cause, it is extraordinary that dozens of genera of large mammals became
extinct during the late Quaternary throughout the Western Hemisphere, including 90% of the …

A wide range of climatic, geologic and archaeological records can be characterized by
measuring their 14 C and 10 Be concentrations, using accelerator mass spectrometry …

We report 95 vertebrate taxa (13 fishes, 11 reptiles, 63 birds, 8 mammals) from late
Pleistocene bone deposits in Sawmill Sink, Abaco, The Bahamas. The> 5,000 fossils were …

Examining the ecological consequences of the late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions
within biodiversity hotspots is crucial for our understanding of the potential consequences of …

This volume is devoted to recent advances in understanding megafaunal extinctions in the
New World during the LQ (for this and all other abbreviations used in this paper, see Table …

ABSTRACT A new assemblage of Cingulata (Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene of
northwestern Venezuela is reported. The fauna includes Dasypus sabanicola, Propraopus …

Resumen Durante el Pleistoceno, América del Sur tenía varios géneros y especies de
grandes cánidos hipercarnívoros, los cuales se extinguieron completamente al final de esta …

We report the youngest radiocarbon determination so far for an identified species of
Antillean sloth, 4190±40 yr BP, based on a molariform of Megalocnus rodens from the …