Equifinality constitutes a challenge when interpreting agency in archaeological sites. The
fact that a specific type of damage frequently cannot be linked to a single actor, behavior, or …

The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus sensu lato) is a typical representative of Pleistocene
megafauna which became extinct at the end of the Last Glacial. Detailed knowledge of cave …

Neotaphonomic studies of large carnivores are used to create models in order to explain the
formation of terrestrial vertebrate fossil faunas. The research reported here adds to the …

Heavy reliance on plants is rare in Carnivora and mostly limited to relatively small species in
subtropical settings. The feeding behaviors of extinct cave bears living during Pleistocene …

The study of dental wear was first used years ago to infer the palaeoecology of fossil
mammals and in particular their diet. Results depend predominantly on the scale of the …

In 1995, an unusually perforated femur of a juvenile cave bear was found in the Divje babe I
Palaeolithic cave site in Slovenia. The supposition that it could be a flute led to heated …

Morphological and molecular data suggest the existence of several taxa of cave bears,
which were found to belong to three major mitochondrial haplogroups: kudarensis …

Josephoartigasia monesi, from the Pliocene of Uruguay, is the largest known fossil rodent,
with an estimated body mass of 1000 kg. In this study, finite element analysis was used to …

In carnivorans, bite force is a critical and ecologically informative variable that has been
correlated with multiple morphological, behavioral, and environmental attributes. Whereas in …

The diet of the fossil bear Ursus spelaeus has been debated extensively. U. spelaeus is
thought to have been herbivorous, but the exact composition of its diet remains unclear. To …