The Sopeña rock-shelter is a Palaeolithic site located in the northern slopes of the
Cantabrian mountain range of northern Spain, facing the Bay of Biscay, in the Principality of …

Abstract During the Upper Paleolithic, lions become an important theme in Paleolithic art
and are more frequent in anthropogenic faunal assemblages. However, the relationship …

The fossil record of the cave lion, Panthera spelaea, suggests a gradual decrease in body
size, the process peaking just before the extinction of the species at the end of the Late …

Late Pleistocene hominins co-evolved with non-analogue assemblages of carnivores and
carnivorous omnivores. Although previous work has carefully examined the ecological and …

Caves are primary sites for studying human and animal subsistence patterns and genetic
ancestry throughout the Palaeolithic. Iberia served as a critical human and animal refugium …

Competition for resources is a key question in the study of our early human evolution. From
the first hominin groups, carnivores have played a fundamental role in the ecosystem. From …

Grey wolves (Canis lupus) are one of the few large terrestrial carnivores that have
maintained a wide geographical distribution across the Northern Hemisphere throughout the …

Abstract Background The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the most popular and iconic feline
species on the planet, yet in spite of its popularity, the last century has seen massive …

What separates us from nature?--A wider view--When agriculture once made sense--Time to
forget about food, and remember naked people--An unusual evolutionary history--Natural …

This article attempts to provide a relatively complete synthesis of what is currently known
about the transition from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic and the development of human …