Optimal foraging theory and diet breadth models often place large mammals in top-ranking
positions due to their high-energy return. However, mass collection of small prey can result …

Turtles of the clade Testudinoidea have a rather scarce fossil record in Afro-Arabia, ranging
from the late Eocene up to the Quaternary. The vast majority of testudinoid fossils from Afro …

Abstract Although Middle Paleolithic (MP) hominin diets consisted mainly of ungulates,
increasing evidence demonstrates that hominins at least occasionally consumed tortoises …

Ancient evidence of human presence in Europe is recorded in several Early Pleistocene
archaeopalaeontological sites from Spain, France and Italy. This is the case of Barranco …

Identifying communal rituals in the Paleolithic is of scientific importance, as it reflects the
expression of collective identity and the maintenance of group cohesion. This study provides …

Examination of the complete assemblage of pointed artefacts from the short-term kill-
butchering site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (NMO), Upper Jordan River, enabled the first …

Abstract The Levantine Middle Paleolithic period displays significant archaeological
variability across a series of cave and open-air sites encompassing ca. 200,000 years …

Understanding the relationships between functional traits and environment is increasingly
important for assessing ecosystem health and forecasting biotic responses to future …

Records of Pleistocene reptiles are relatively well known in different countries. However,
reptile fossil records of Pleistocene from Latin America are scarce and limited to presence …

The Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (GBY) and the Mousterian site of Nahal
Mahanayeem Outlet (NMO) are open-air sites situated on the bank of the Upper Jordan …