The aim of the atlas is to provide images of taphonomic modifications, making it as
comprehensive as possible with evidence presently available. This volume is intended both …

Dating the earliest human occupations in Western Europe and reconstructing links with
climatic and environmental constraints is a central issue in Quaternary studies. Amongst the …

In the present study, the paleoecology (diet and niche width) of Late Quaternary
megamammals that inhabited the Brazilian Intertropical Region (BIR) was assessed at two …

We describe the physical context of the Dinaledi Chamber within the Rising Star cave, South
Africa, which contains the fossils of Homo naledi. Approximately 1550 specimens of hominin …

Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology and Ecology synthesizes the current
knowledge about our sister species the Neandertals, combining data from a variety of …

A better understanding of the evolutionary relationship between modern humans and
Neanderthals is essential for improving the resolution of hominin phylogenetic hypotheses …

Collagen type I fingerprinting (ZooMS) has recently been used to provide either
palaeoenvironmental data or to identify additional hominin specimens in Pleistocene …

The burial environment of remains, deposited in direct contact with soil or (starting) within a
coffin, brings about multiple, often distinctive, taphonomic effects that can be used to …

Dental microwear analysis is a proxy for analysing the diet in extinct and extant vertebrates,
especially mammals. The limits of these approaches are still rather poorly known, especially …

Little is known about the subsistence practices of the first European settlers, mainly due to
the shortage of archaeological sites in Europe older than a million years. This article …