In the past 20 years, new discoveries of fossil apes from the Miocene have transformed our
ideas about the timing, geography, and causes of the evolution of the African apes and …

The arrival of hipparionine horses in the eastern Mediterranean region around 11 Ma was
traditionally thought to mark the simultaneous westward expansion of savanna vegetation …

The Neogene mammal localities of Greece are numerous and include a great number of
taxa. In the present article the faunal list for each locality is given. The lists are as complete …

Abstract Background The Rhinopomatidae, traditionally considered to be one of the most
ancient chiropteran clades, remains one of the least known groups of Rhinolophoidea. No …

Palaeogeographic and climatic changes in the Eastern Mediterranean during the
Neogene/Quaternary led to extended mammalian migrations and faunal exchanges …

The evolution of the present-day African savannah fauna has been substantially influenced
by the dispersal of Eurasian ancestors into Africa. The ancestors evolved endemically …

We investigated the mitochondrial phylogeography of spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo
graeca) in the Western Mediterranean. In North Africa, four major lineages (AD) occur that …

During the Turolian (late Miocene), the Eastern Mediterranean region is considered to have
been part of a single major ecological area, supporting a particular savanna-type large …

Darwin famously opined that the most likely place of origin of the common ancestor of
African apes and humans is Africa, given the distribution of its living descendents. But it is …

Abstract The Neogene-Quaternary continental deposits cover large areas of Greece and
several fossil mammal sites have been discovered in the country. There are several …