Deciphering carnivoran competition for animal resources at the 1.46 Ma early Pleistocene site of Barranco León (Orce, Granada, Spain)

LA Courtenay, J Yravedra, D Herranz-Rodrigo… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Barranco León (Orce, Guadix Baza, Spain) is one of the sites with the oldest
evidence of human activity in south-western Europe. This site has yielded human remains in …

Insights on the early pleistocene hominin population of the Guadix-Baza depression (SE Spain) and a review on the ecology of the first peopling of Europe

P Palmqvist, G Rodríguez-Gómez… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The chronology and environmental context of the first hominin dispersal in Europe have
been subject to debate and controversy. The oldest settlements in Eurasia (eg, Dmanisi,∼ …

Sharing food with hyenas: a latrine of Pachycrocuta brevirostris in the Early Pleistocene assemblage of Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Baza Basin, SE Spain)

MP Espigares, P Palmqvist, MD Rodríguez-Ruiz… - Archaeological and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Early Pleistocene archeological site of Fuente Nueva-3 (FN3) preserves some
of the oldest evidence of hominin presence in Western Europe, including a huge …

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 …

Unravelling hominin activities in the zooarchaeological assemblage of Barranco León (Orce, Granada, Spain)

J Yravedra, JA Solano, D Herranz-Rodrigo… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2022 - Springer
Little is known about the subsistence practices of the first European settlers, mainly due to
the shortage of archaeological sites in Europe older than a million years. This article …

Zoogeographic significance of Dmanisi large mammal assemblage

S Bartolini-Lucenti, O Cirilli, L Pandolfi… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
We undertake a comparative mammalian zoogeographic analysis with the aim of revealing
the extent to which the Dmanisi Early Pleistocene large mammal assemblage resembles, at …

The early hunting dog from Dmanisi with comments on the social behaviour in Canidae and hominins

S Bartolini-Lucenti, J Madurell-Malapeira… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The renowned site of Dmanisi in Georgia, southern Caucasus (ca. 1.8 Ma) yielded the
earliest direct evidence of hominin presence out of Africa. In this paper, we report on the first …

Neogene hyperaridity in Arabia drove the directions of mammalian dispersal between Africa and Eurasia

M Böhme, N Spassov, MR Majidifard… - … earth & environment, 2021 - nature.com
The evolution of the present-day African savannah fauna has been substantially influenced
by the dispersal of Eurasian ancestors into Africa. The ancestors evolved endemically …

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 …

History of Polish Canidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) and their biochronological implications on the Eurasian background

A Marciszak, A Kropczyk, W Gornig, M Kot… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The remains of 12 canid species that date back ca. 4.9 myr have been found at 116
paleontological localities. Among these localities, eight are dated to the Pliocene age, 12 …