ABSTRACT 1 Glacial refugia were core areas for the survival of temperate species during
unfavourable environmental conditions and were the sources of postglacial recolonizations …

The goal of this paper is to refine the relative and absolute chronology of Epigravettian
culture (26.5–15.0 ka) in eastern Central Europe (ECE) and clarify its relation to the Last …

Focal topics for volumes in the series will include systematic paleontology of all vertebrates
(from agnathans to humans), phylogeny reconstruction, functional morphology, Paleolithic …

Analyses of the subfossil records of mustelid species in Europe indicate specific differences
in the pattern of temporal and spatial recolonization of central Europe after the maximum …

Panthera spelaea was recorded in Poland from 18 open-air and 42 cave sites dated in the
range 750–28 ka. Most of these records are located in southern Poland (Silesia) and …

A unique record of faunal changes from the late Middle Pleistocene until the end of the late
Pleistocene was provided by rodent assemblages from Biśnik Cave in Poland. The 17 …

The aim of the paper is to present a new chronological model of recolonisation of the area
located north of the Sudetes and the Carpathians after Late Glacial Maximum (LGM). Until …

Woolly mammoths were large, herbivorous, cold-adapted mammals of the Late Pleistocene.
The diet and habitat requirements of the species set certain constraints on the …

Evidence of hunting and exploitation of cave bears (Ursus spelaeus, sensu lato) are recently
documented in western and eastern sites of its former European distribution in Middle and …

Although debris, loams and clays are usually regarded as typical cave sediments, loess and
loess-like sediments are common among clastic cave deposits in the near-entrance facies of …