In order to better understand the causes and geographic patterns of Neanderthal demise it is
necessary to broaden the focus of existing Neanderthal studies to include new sites from …

In this study precipitation from a high resolution WRF climate simulation is presented and
evaluated against daily gridded observations in the Iberian Peninsula. The simulation …

Wildfires are a recurrent and increasing threat in mainland Portugal, where over 4.5 million
hectares of forests and scrublands have burned over the last 38 years. These fire-affected …

Understanding past climatic changes is one of the central challenges in palaeontological
research. The Bioclimatic Model (BM) enables the reconstruction of qualitative and …

La Güelga Cave (Asturias, NW Spain) contains a stratigraphic succession dating from
47.2±2.2 to 38.6±0.5 cal kyr BP. Evidence of Mousterian, Châtelperronian and Aurignacian …

How species are distributed on Earth depends largely on climate factors. Whenever these
environmental conditions change, species tend to shift their distributions to reach more …

One of the critical problems in projecting soil bioengineering interventions is the difficulty in
developing precise calculations of the evolution of the structures and the type and …

Climate and environments have undergone significant changes throughout the Earth's
history, which are reflected in the faunal record. In that sense, small mammals provide …

Abstract The Punta Lucero III cave is a natural trap where abundant vertebrate remains were
accumulated during the Meghalayan (Late Holocene). To better understand the …

Background This study analyses the relationship between the incidence of idiopathic
spontaneous pneumothorax (ISP) and atmospheric pressure (AP). Methods A total of 288 …