Since the late Pleistocene, large-bodied mammals have been extirpated from much of Earth.
Although all habitable continents once harbored giant mammals, the few remaining species …

The transition of hominins to a largely meat-based diet∼ 1.8 million years ago led to the
exploitation of other mammals for food and resources. As hominins, particularly archaic and …

Prehistoric and recent extinctions of large-bodied terrestrial herbivores had significant and
lasting impacts on Earth's ecosystems due to the loss of their distinct trait combinations. The …

Abstract Over the last 50,000 years, a majority of megafauna went extinct globally. Only two
regions, Africa, and tropical Asia retain megafaunal communities today. Their persistence in …

Across the last~ 50,000 years (the late Quaternary) terrestrial vertebrate faunas have
experienced severe losses of large species (megafauna), with most extinctions occurring in …

Paleoenvironmental interpretations inferred by the isotopic ecology of mammalian
assemblages from the Quaternary of Mexico are scarce. Carbon (δ 13 C) and oxygen (δ 18 …

Paleoart is an important medium that communicates scientific understanding about
prehistoric life to both the public and researchers. However, despite its broad influence, the …

ABSTRACT Kincaid Shelter (Uvalde County, Texas) contains a sequence of vertebrate and
cultural remains spanning from the late Pleistocene to Historic. Kincaid Shelter perhaps is …

Abstract The development of Vertebrate Paleontology in Mexico is uneven, so that there is a
strong bias in favor of Neogene/Quaternary mammals largely collected in the Trans-Mexican …

Panthera atrox was a common large-sized cat in North America during the late Pleistocene.
An isolated lower canine and a fifth metacarpal bone referable to this species were …