Article
Geography, Physical
Yu. Andrey Puzachenko, A. Vladimir Levchenko, Fiona Bertuch, P. Elya Zazovskaya, V. Irina Kirillova
Summary: Uncertain chronology and data scarcity have hindered realistic reconstructions of megafauna extinctions in key regions like Beringia. This study analyzed the woolly rhinoceros distribution changes in the region based on new and previously published radiocarbon dates, identifying three waves separated by Heinrich events. The research suggests that ecological factors, rather than feed availability, played a key role in determining the woolly rhinoceros range over different climatic stages.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Diego Arceredillo, Carlos Diez Fernandez-lomana, Jesus Francisco Jorda Pardo
Summary: La Mina is one of the three sites located in the middle course of the Arlanza river. Excavated in 2006, it revealed evidence of two Palaeolithic occupations and recovered remains of woolly rhinoceros. Amino acid racemisation dating provided the earliest Upper Pleistocene date for Coelodonta antiquitatis on the Iberian Peninsula. The findings have implications for understanding migratory patterns of the species and completing the picture of its movements through the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic on the Iberian Peninsula.
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH
(2023)
Article
Biology
A. Y. Puzachenko, I. V. Kirillova, F. K. Shidlovsky, V. A. Levchenko
Summary: This study explored sexual dimorphism and size/shape variability of woolly rhinoceros skulls for the first time using univariate and multivariate statistics. The results revealed statistically significant morphological heterogeneity within male and female samples, which may be attributed to the presence of two size groups not related to individual age. New radiocarbon dates of the studied specimens are needed to further test the hypothesis of a decrease in skull size in woolly rhinoceros from MIS 3 to MIS 2 in northeastern Asia.
Article
Geography, Physical
Cajus G. Diedrich
Summary: This study describes dental pathologies in four extinct rhinoceros species belonging to different periods of the Pleistocene era. The species show similar dental abnormalities, including misplacement of the P4 tooth and dental abnormalities in the lower jaw. The browsing rhinoceros species exhibit a higher frequency of P4 misplacement, while the grazer rhinoceros species have a specific pathology involving the loss or underdevelopment of specific premolar and molar teeth. The wear, damage, and loss of anterior premolars in elderly individuals are likely due to intensive grazing and abrasion from plant fossils. These dental pathologies have implications for tooth wear and alignment in both the upper and lower jaws.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Junxia Yuan, Guojiang Sun, Bo Xiao, Jiaming Hu, Linying Wang, Taogetongqimuge, Lei Bao, Yamei Hou, Shiwen Song, Shan Jiang, Yong Wu, Dong Pan, Yang Liu, Michael V. Westbury, Xulong Lai, Guilian Sheng
Summary: In this study, mitochondrial genomes of Late Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros in Northern China were analyzed, revealing the presence of at least four maternal haplogroups, with Chinese samples falling into three of them. The results suggest that Northern China may have served as a refuge and key evolution center for the Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros.
BMC ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthew J. Wooller, Clement Bataille, Patrick Druckenmiller, Gregory M. Erickson, Pamela Groves, Norma Haubenstock, Timothy Howe, Johanna Irrgeher, Daniel Mann, Katherine Moon, Ben A. Potter, Thomas Prohaska, Jeffrey Rasic, Joshua Reuther, Beth Shapiro, Karen J. Spaleta, Amy D. Willis
Summary: The study revealed the movement patterns of an Arctic woolly mammoth that lived 17,100 years ago, showing variations in mobility across a geographically extensive range during its approximately 28-year lifespan. Maintaining such level of mobility for megafaunal species like mammoth would have become increasingly challenging as the ice age ended and the environment changed at high latitudes.
Article
Geography, Physical
Krzysztof Stefaniak, Renata Stachowicz-Rybka, Ryszard K. Borowka, Anna Hrynowiecka, Artur Sobczyk, Magdalena Moskal-del Hoyo, Adam Kotowski, Dariusz Nowakowski, Maciej T. Krajcarz, Emmanuel M. E. Billia, Davide Persico, Elena M. Burkanova, Sergey Leshchinskiy, Eline van Asperen, Urszula Ratajczak, Andrei Shpansky, Malgorzata Lempart, Bartosz Wach, Monika Niska, Jan van der Made, Krzysztof Stachowicz, Joanna Lenarczyk, Jolanta Piatek, Oleksandr Kovalchuk
Summary: Research indicates that the wooly rhinoceros was mainly a grazer, supplemented by shrubs and trees at different times and regions, while the forest rhinoceros was a browser of low-growing vegetation in various types of forests. The study also found seasonal variations in the diets of these rhinoceros species.
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Shanlin Liu, Michael Westbury, Nicolas Dussex, Kieren J. Mitchell, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Peter D. Heintzman, David A. Duchene, Joshua D. Kapp, Johanna von Seth, Holly Heiniger, Fatima Sanchez-Barreiro, Ashot Margaryan, Remi Andre-Olsen, Binia De Cahsan, Guanliang Meng, Chentao Yang, Lei Chen, Tom van der Valk, Yoshan Moodley, Kees Rookmaaker, Michael W. Bruford, Oliver Ryder, Cynthia Steiner, Linda G. R. Bruins-van Sonsbeek, Sergey Vartanyan, Chunxue Guo, Alan Cooper, Pavel Kosintsev, Irina Kirillova, Adrian M. Lister, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Robert R. Dunn, Eline D. Lorenzen, Beth Shapiro, Guojie Zhang, Pierre-Olivier Antoine, Love Dalen, M. Thomas P. Gilbert
Summary: The study revealed an early divergence between rhinoceros lineages, resolving phylogenetic debates; while most rhinoceros genomes exhibit low levels of diversity, modern species have reduced genetic diversity and increased inbreeding.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sarah E. Crump, Bianca Frechette, Matthew Power, Sam Cutler, Gregory de Wet, Martha K. Raynolds, Jonathan H. Raberg, Jason P. Briner, Elizabeth K. Thomas, Julio Sepulveda, Beth Shapiro, Michael Bunce, Gifford H. Miller
Summary: The study shows that vegetation changes during the Last Interglacial period in the Arctic had a positive feedback on climate warming, but the lack of high-latitude records limits the complete understanding of vegetation distribution during that time.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sarah E. Crump, Bianca Frechette, Matthew Power, Sam Cutler, Gregory de Wet, Martha K. Raynolds, Jonathan H. Raberg, Jason P. Briner, Elizabeth K. Thomas, Julio Sepulveda, Beth Shapiro, Michael Bunce, Gifford H. Miller
Summary: The study reveals that summer warming is driving a greening trend in the Arctic, potentially amplifying climate change. Past episodes of Arctic warming, such as the Last Interglacial, can help understand vegetation response to temperature change. Ancient DNA records from lake sediment provide insights into vegetation distribution during the Last Interglacial and highlight the importance of combining traditional and molecular approaches for paleoenvironmental studies to better anticipate a warmer future.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Naoto Handa, Masami Izuho, Keiichi Takahashi, Fumie Iizuka, Batmunkh Tsogtbaatar, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Davakhuu Odosuren, Lochin Ishitseren
Summary: This study describes a rhinocerotid skeleton from eastern Mongolia, which is identified as a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) through comparison with other Late Pleistocene rhinoceros species in northern Eurasia. Radiocarbon dating places the fossil in the period between Heinrich events 5 and 4, around 45,000 to 40,000 years ago.
Article
Geography, Physical
Luciano Varela, Lucia Clavijo, P. Sebastian Tambusso, Richard A. Farina
Summary: Stable isotope analysis is a valuable tool for understanding the paleoecology and paleodiet of fossil mammals. By studying the stable isotope composition of fossil bones from a site in southern Uruguay, researchers found that the herbivorous species in the area consumed a high proportion of C-3 plants, indicating a dry environment. The results also suggest niche partitioning among different species.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Biology
P. A. Seeber, Z. Palmer, A. Schmidt, A. Chagas, K. Kitagawa, E. Marinova-Wolff, Y. Tafelmaier, L. S. Epp
Summary: This study successfully obtained the mitochondrial genomes of European woolly rhinoceros using coprolites of cave hyenas found in German caves. The results showed genetic differences between European and Siberian woolly rhinoceros populations, and suggested a potential split of populations coinciding with the earliest fossil records of woolly rhinoceros in Europe.
Article
Geography, Physical
Nina Kowalik, Robert Anczkiewicz, Wolfgang Mueller, Christoph Spoetl, Luca Bondioli, Alessia Nava, Piotr Wojtal, Jaroslaw Wilczynsk, Marta Koziarska, Milena Matyszczak
Summary: This study examines the mobility pattern of a woolly mammoth in southern Poland, revealing its periodic migration between different areas based on Sr isotopic and trace element concentrations and oxygen isotope measurements. The mammoth grazed in southern Poland during the winter and migrated to the Polish midlands during the summer. This fixed mobility behavior lasted for at least 12-13 years of the mammoth's adult life.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Romain Amiot, Nao Kusuhashi, Haruo Saegusa, Masateru Shibata, Naoki Ikegami, Shizuo Shimojima, Teppei Sonoda, Francois Fourel, Tadahiro Ikeda, Christophe Lecuyer, Marc Philippe, Xu Wang
Summary: By analyzing oxygen and carbon isotope compositions in sedimentary deposits of Japan during the Cretaceous, the study revealed changing environmental conditions from cool temperate to warm temperate climates. The findings indicate significant variations in temperatures over time and climatic changes during different periods.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Archaeology
Nahuel A. Scheifler, Mariano L. Merino, Paula Vitale, Cristian A. Kaufmann, Pablo G. Messineo, Maria Clara Alvarez, Herve Bocherens
Summary: This study presents the first investigation on the isotopic ecology of modern Pampas deer populations, comparing them with archaeological data. The findings show the adaptability of Pampas deer to different environments and the importance of social and demographic strategies in their adaptation to environmental changes during the Holocene.
ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biology
Dmitry Gimranov, Herve Bocherens, Nadja Kavcik-Graumann, Doris Nagel, Gernot Rabeder
Summary: Based on morphological and metric analyses, the study found that the small-sized cave bears in Imanay Cave share great similarities with fossils from Kizel Cave in the Ural Mountains and small-bodied cave bears in the Alps. Compared with the fossils from the Ural Mountains, the teeth and metapodial bones of Imanay Cave bears are smaller but show a higher evolutionary level. Preliminary stable isotope analysis indicates that the small cave bears in Imanay Cave were herbivorous.
HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
S. G. Habinger, O. Chavasseau, J-J Jaeger, Y. Chaimanee, A. N. Soe, C. Sein, H. Bocherens
Summary: This study reconstructs the paleoecology of fossil and modern orangutans and associated mammal communities using niche modeling of stable carbon and oxygen isotope data of dental enamel. The results suggest that the Late Miocene pongine Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensis and the contemporaneous Sivapithecus occupied a high position in the canopy of a forested habitat with purely C-3 vegetation, similar to the ecological niche of modern orangutans. However, there may be differences in microhabitat use among the Miocene apes within the pongine clade.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Alba Rey-Iglesia, Tess Wilson, Jennifer Routledge, Mikkel Skovrind, Eva Garde, Mads Peter Heide-Jorgensen, Paul Szpak, Eline D. D. Lorenzen
Summary: This study provides correction factors to transform dentine δ13C and δ15N values into bone-collagen equivalent for narwhals and belugas. The study found lower average δ13C and δ15N values in bone compared to dentine in both species. These correction factors enable the combined analysis of stable isotope data from bone and dentine in narwhals and belugas.
ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Geography, Physical
Jiao Ma, Boyang Sun, Herve Bocherens, Tao Deng
Summary: This study conducted stable isotope analysis to investigate dietary niche turnover of five equid species in the Linxia Basin, northwestern China, during a critical phase in their evolution. The results revealed that Proboscidipparion pater mainly fed on C3 grasses while Cremohipparion licenti and Sivalhippus platyodus may have been mixed feeders. However, Cremohipparion licenti and Sivalhippus platyodus went extinct due to climatic changes. Additionally, Proboscidipparion sinense showed a stronger grazing preference compared to coexisting Equus eisenmannae.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Margherita Mussi, Eduardo Mendez-Quintas, Doris Barboni, Herve Bocherens, Raymonde Bonnefille, Giuseppe Briatico, Denis Geraads, Rita T. Melis, Joaquin Panera, Laura Pioli, Andrea Serodio Dominguez, Susana Rubio Jara
Summary: The authors discovered a specialized obsidian handaxe workshop at Simbiro III in Ethiopia, indicating that early hominins more than 1.2 million years ago took advantage of changing environmental conditions. They argue that at Simbiro III, hominins were not simply reacting to environmental changes, but rather, were actively exploiting new opportunities and developing new techniques and skills. The statistical analysis of the stone tools found at the site suggests that this was a focused activity and a stone-tool workshop.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Anthropology
Alba Rey-Iglesia, Deon de Jager, Samantha Presslee, Sarah Skytte Qvistgaard, Soren Michael Sindbaek, Eline D. Lorenzen
Summary: We used biomolecular methods to identify the faunal species present in hair combs and associated workshop debris discovered in Ribe, Denmark. Through analysis of peptide mass fingerprinting and ancient DNA, we confirmed the use of moose antler combs in Denmark during the Late Iron Age and Viking Age. Our findings suggest that these combs were brought to the site as finished items by travellers from the Scandinavian Peninsula, indicating early presence of visitors from this region in Ribe.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cosimo Posth, He Yu, Ayshin Ghalichi, Helene Rougier, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Yilei Huang, Harald Ringbauer, Adam B. Rohrlach, Kathrin Nagele, Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, Rita Radzeviciute, Tiago Ferraz, Alexander Stoessel, Rezeda Tukhbatova, Dorothee G. Drucker, Martina Lari, Alessandra Modi, Stefania Vai, Tina Saupe, Christiana L. Scheib, Giulio Catalano, Luca Pagani, Sahra Talamo, Helen Fewlass, Laurent Klaric, Andre Morala, Mathieu Rue, Stephane Madelaine, Laurent Crepin, Jean-Baptiste Caverne, Emmy Bocaege, Stefano Ricci, Francesco Boschin, Priscilla Bayle, Bruno Maureille, Foni Le Brun-Ricalens, Jean-Guillaume Bordes, Gregorio Oxilia, Eugenio Bortolini, Olivier Bignon-Lau, Gregory Debout, Michel Orliac, Antoine Zazzo, Vitale Sparacello, Elisabetta Starnini, Luca Sineo, Johannes van der Plicht, Laure Pecqueur, Gildas Merceron, Geraldine Garcia, Jean-Michel Leuvrey, Coralie Bay Garcia, Asier Gomez-Olivencia, Marta Poltowicz-Bobak, Dariusz Bobak, Mona Le Luyer, Paul Storm, Claudia Hoffmann, Jacek Kabacinski, Tatiana Filimonova, Svetlana Shnaider, Natalia Berezina, Borja Gonzalez-Rabanal, Manuel Gonzalez R. Morales, Ana B. Marin-Arroyo, Belen Lopez, Carmen Alonso-Llamazares, Annamaria Ronchitelli, Caroline Polet, Ivan Jadin, Nicolas Cauwe, Joaquim Soler, Neus Coromina, Isaac Rufi, Richard Cottiaux, Geoffrey Clark, Lawrence G. Straus, Marie-Anne Julien, Silvia Renhart, Dorothea Talaa, Stefano Benazzi, Matteo Romandini, Luc Amkreutz, Herve Bocherens, Christoph Wissing, Sebastien Villotte, Javier Fernandez-Lopez de Pablo, Magdalena Gomez-Puche, Marco Aurelio Esquembre-Bebia, Pierre Bodu, Liesbeth Smits, Benedicte Souffi, Rimantas Jankauskas, Justina Kozakaite, Christophe Cupillard, Hartmut Benthien, Kurt Wehrberger, Ralf W. Schmitz, Susanne C. Feine, Tim Schueler, Corinne Thevenet, Dan Grigorescu, Friedrich Lueth, Andreas Kotula, Henny Piezonka, Franz Schopper, Jiri Svoboda, Sandra Sazelova, Andrey Chizhevsky, Aleksandr Khokhlov, Nicholas J. Conard, Frederique Valentin, Katerina Harvati, Patrick Semal, Bettina Jungklaus, Alexander Suvorov, Rick Schulting, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Kristiina Mannermaa, Alexandra Buzhilova, Thomas Terberger, David Caramelli, Eveline Altena, Wolfgang Haak, Johannes Krause
Summary: By analyzing ancient hunter-gatherer genomes from western and central Eurasia, this study uncovers genetic changes and migrations during the human colonization of Europe. The Last Glacial Maximum led to population replacements in southern Europe and gene flow between western and eastern European hunter-gatherers.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cosimo Posth, He Yu, Ayshin Ghalichi, Helene Rougier, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Yilei Huang, Harald Ringbauer, Adam B. Rohrlach, Kathrin Naegele, Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, Rita Radzeviciute, Tiago Ferraz, Alexander Stoessel, Rezeda Tukhbatova, Dorothee G. Drucker, Martina Lari, Alessandra Modi, Stefania Vai, Tina Saupe, Christiana L. Scheib, Giulio Catalano, Luca Pagani, Sahra Talamo, Helen Fewlass, Laurent Klaric, Andre Morala, Mathieu Rue, Stephane Madelaine, Laurent Crepin, Jean-Baptiste Caverne, Emmy Bocaege, Stefano Ricci, Francesco Boschin, Priscilla Bayle, Bruno Maureille, Foni Le Brun-Ricalens, Jean-Guillaume Bordes, Gregorio Oxilia, Eugenio Bortolini, Olivier Bignon-Lau, Gregory Debout, Michel Orliac, Antoine Zazzo, Vitale Sparacello, Elisabetta Starnini, Luca Sineo, Johannes van der Plicht, Laure Pecqueur, Gildas Merceron, Geraldine Garcia, Jean-Michel Leuvrey, Coralie Bay Garcia, Asier Gomez-Olivencia, Marta Poltowicz-Bobak, Dariusz Bobak, Mona Le Luyer, Paul Storm, Claudia Hoffmann, Jacek Kabacinski, Tatiana Filimonova, Svetlana Shnaider, Natalia Berezina, Borja Gonzalez-Rabanal, Manuel R. Gonzalez Morales, Ana B. Marin-Arroyo, Belen Lopez, Carmen Alonso-Llamazares, Annamaria Ronchitelli, Caroline Polet, Ivan Jadin, Nicolas Cauwe, Joaquim Soler, Neus Coromina, Isaac Rufi, Richard Cottiaux, Geoffrey Clark, Lawrence G. Straus, Marie-Anne Julien, Silvia Renhart, Dorothea Talaa, Stefano Benazzi, Matteo Romandini, Luc Amkreutz, Herve Bocherens, Christoph Wissing, Sebastien Villotte, Javier Fernandez-Lopez de Pablo, Magdalena Gomez-Puche, Marco Aurelio Esquembre-Bebia, Pierre Bodu, Liesbeth Smits, Benedicte Souffi, Rimantas Jankauskas, Justina Kozakaite, Christophe Cupillard, Hartmut Benthien, Kurt Wehrberger, Ralf W. Schmitz, Susanne C. Feine, Tim Schueler, Corinne Thevenet, Dan Grigorescu, Friedrich Lueth, Andreas Kotula, Henny Piezonka, Franz Schopper, Jiri Svoboda, Sandra Sazelova, Andrey Chizhevsky, Aleksandr Khokhlov, Nicholas J. Conard, Frederique Valentin, Katerina Harvati, Patrick Semal, Bettina Jungklaus, Alexander Suvorov, Rick Schulting, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Kristiina Mannermaa, Alexandra Buzhilova, Thomas Terberger, David Caramelli, Eveline Altena, Wolfgang Haak, Johannes Krause
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Rasmus Gronfeldt Winther, Eske Willerslev
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Geography, Physical
T. Cucchi, H. Harbers, D. Neaux, M. Balasse, L. Garbe, D. Fiorillo, H. Bocherens, D. Drucker, C. Zanolli, R. Cornette, R. M. Arbogast, S. Brehard, A. Bridault, L. Gourichon, J. Guilaine, C. Manen, T. Perrin, R. Schafberg, A. Tresset, J. D. Vigne, A. Herrel
Summary: Evolutionary biologists seek the help of archaeologists to understand the morphological evolution of animals in response to human activities. The impact of domestication and dispersal on animal morphology has been understudied.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Chris Baumann, Shumon T. Hussain, Martina Roblickova, Felix Riede, Marcello A. Mannino, Herve Bocherens
Summary: The authors report isotopic data from ravens from Pavlovian archaeological sites, suggesting that ravens had a similar diet to humans at these sites, indicating an early form of synanthropism. The researchers argue that ravens were attracted to human settlements and were potentially captured for feathers and food. The stable isotope analysis also shows that ravens primarily fed on larger herbivores, aligning with the diet of contemporaneous Gravettian foragers.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Sophie G. G. Habinger, Olivier Chavasseau, Stephane Ducrocq, Yaowalak Chaimanee, Jean-Jacques Jaeger, Chit Sein, Aung Naing Soe, Samuel Stern, Herve Bocherens
Summary: By analyzing the fossil mammal assemblage from Pondaung Fm. in Myanmar, this study investigated the ecological characteristics and found ecological differences and various microhabitats within the mammal community. Most primate taxa were found in both described environments, indicating their strong ecological flexibility.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Maciej T. Krajcarz, Mateusz Baca, Chris Baumann, Herve Bocherens, Tomasz Goslar, Danijela Popovic, Magdalena Sudol-Procyk, Magdalena Krajcarz
Summary: This paper focuses on the Pleistocene deposits in Perspektywiczna Cave, southern Poland, related to cave hyena. Through direct radiocarbon dating, genetic and stable isotope analyses, the paleobiology of this population is inferred. The findings suggest long inhabitation of the region during early MIS 3, with the latest appearance of a cave hyena north to Carpathians around 34,355-33,725 years ago. The genetic structure of the Perspektywiczna Cave hyenas changed, with two different mtDNA haplogroups present.
Article
Biology
Kantapon Suraprasit, Chotima Yamee, Yaowalak Chaimanee, Jean-Jacques Jaeger, Herve Bocherens
Summary: This study describes a Pleistocene mammal fauna discovered in a cave in Peninsular Thailand and investigates its paleoecological and paleoenvironmental characteristics using stable isotope analysis. The results suggest that the area was dominated by mixed woodland to grassland ecosystems with C-4 vegetation, supporting the hypothesis that the expansion of Pleistocene tropical savanna ecosystems facilitated the southward distribution of grazing mammals into the Thai-Malay Peninsula. The presence of this fauna may be linked to major biogeographic events during the Pleistocene glaciation period.
HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
(2023)