Chronology and distribution of Central and Eastern European Pleistocene rhinoceroses (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae)–A review

K Stefaniak, O Kovalchuk, U Ratajczak-Skrzatek… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The family Rhinocerotidae is a key component of the Cenozoic European fauna. It reached
its peak diversity during Miocene and began to decline in the Pliocene; the last …

Pleistocene Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus Cuvier, 1823) in the Iberian Peninsula: new evidence and a complete review

MV de Alvarado, E Crégut-Bonnoure… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus Cuvier, 1823) is a medium-sized ursid that
currently mostly inhabits environments of dense foliage and forests in southern and eastern …

Frontiers of the Lower Palaeolithic expansion in Europe: Tunel Wielki Cave (Poland)

M Kot, C Berto, MT Krajcarz, M Moskal-del Hoyo… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Peopling of Central Europe by Middle Pleistocene hominids is highly debatable,
mainly due to the relatively harsh climatic and environmental conditions that require cultural …

Biochronological scheme of the Quaternary of the south of Eastern Europe and its substantiation based on arvicoline teeth morphometrics

L Rekovets, O Kovalchuk - Quaternary International, 2023 - Elsevier
The construction of regional biochronological scales for the Pleistocene based on remains
of small mammals is a systematic and successive process of accumulation of informative …

Late Pleistocene and Holocene pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Europe and the validity of Ochotona spelaea: New insights based on mtDNA analysis

E Rabiniak, L Rekovets, JR Stewart… - Palaeontologia …, 2023 - eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk
Pikas were among small mammals that inhabited mammoth steppes during the last glacial.
The evolutionary history of ochotonids in Europe is relatively well studied, although the …

Early human dispersal at the western edge of the Eastern European plain: Data from Ukraine

VN Stepanchuk - L'Anthropologie, 2022 - Elsevier
The current state of research on Lower Palaeolithic sites in Ukraine within its 1991 borders
is the focus of this paper. Over the last 10–15 years, many new sites have been discovered …

Carnivores from Draby 3 (central Poland): The latest record of Lycaon lycaonoides (Kretzoi, 1938) and the final accord in the long history of ancient faunas

A Marciszak, W Gornig, A Szynkiewicz - Quaternary International, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence of the phylogenetic lineage of the genus Lycaon covers the entire
Pleistocene. A younger form, Lycaon lycaonoides, was recorded from 68 African, Eurasian …

Environmental conditions across Poland during the Eemian Interglacial reconstructed from vertebrate remains

K Stefaniak, O Kovalchuk, A Marciszak… - Acta Geologica …, 2023 - journals.pan.pl
Knowledge on the Eemian (MIS 5e) fauna of Poland is based on vertebrate remains from 16
open-air localities and 8 cave sites. Considering the short period of time covered by MIS 5e …

Birds of prey in the historical past of Eastern Europe: Evidence from bones

L Gorobets, T Volynskyi, O Kovalchuk - Journal of Archaeological Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The results of the study of birds of prey remains from the southern part of Eastern Europe are
analysed in the paper. The studied material comes from 169 archaeological sites of different …

Investigating the Post-Discard alteration of flint artefacts at Medzhibozh 1 Lower Palaeolithic Site, Ukraine

V Stepanchuk, O Naumenko - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
The analysis of two lithic assemblages at Medzhibozh 1, dated to MIS 15–13 and MIS 11,
reveals significant variability in the post-depositional modification of artefacts. We conclude …