Isotopic tracking of carnivore palaeoecology is a relatively new approach that yielded
important results for the study of the non-analogue mammoth steppe biome. After describing …

Collagen, the organic fraction of bone, records the isotopic parameters of consumed food for
carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N). This relationship of isotopic signature between diet …

Abstract The Late Pleistocene site “Troisième caverne” of Goyet (Belgium) has yielded the
broadest set of Neandertal remains in North-Western Europe and is associated with a rich …

Large carnivores (order Carnivora) are among the world's most threatened mammals due to
a confluence of ecological and social forces that have unfolded over centuries. Combining …

More than 300 cave bear bones from all over Europe have carbon and nitrogen isotopic
composition that match overwhelmingly a diet based on plants, except for samples from two …

Abstract The Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus (sensu lato), was one of many megafaunal species
that became extinct during the Late Pleistocene in Europe. With new data we revisit 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 …

Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) is one of the typical late Pleistocene species of the cold and
arid mammoth steppe that covered a large area of northern hemisphere. The species is …

Insights into causes of extinction in fossil animals can contribute to an understanding of how
environmental or anthropogenic processes may affect extant animals. Cave bears that went …

Over 60% of the modern distribution range of brown bears falls within Russia, yet
palaeoecological data from the region remain scarce. Complete modern Russian brown …