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Indohyus, Endemic Radiation of Raoellid Artiodactyls in the Eocene of India and Pakistan
The South Asian artiodactylArtiodactyla/Artiodactyl/Artiodactyls genusGenera/Genus Indohyus contains two species: I. indirae and I. major. Indohyus...
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Middle Holocene hunting-gathering culture and environmental background of the steppe area of northern China
For a long time, the academic community has known very little about hunter-gatherers in the steppe area of northern China in the mid-Holocene. This...
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Comparative mitochondrial genome analysis of Cynoglossidae (Teleost: Pleuronectiformes) and phylogenetic implications
Generally, a teleostean group (e.g., family or genus) owns one type or a set of similar mitochondrial gene arrangement. It is interesting, however,...
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An unusual historic dicynodont specimen (Therapsida: Dicynodontia) from the Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Santa Maria Formation (Middle Triassic) of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
An unusual dicynodont specimen from the historical collection of von Huene and Stahlecker (1928/1929) is described from the Middle Triassic Dinodontosaurus...
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Anuran Lissamphibian and Squamate Reptiles from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Deccan Intertrappean Sites in Central India, with a Review of Lissamphibian and Squamate Diversity in the Northward Drifting Indian Plate
The MaastrichtianMaastrichtian intertrappeanIntertrappean beds of KisalpuriKisalpuri and KelapurKelapur, India, have yielded new...
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Highs and lows of frailty: skeletal frailty differentials among socioeconomic groups in Postmedieval London
In this paper, we apply a skeletal frailty index (SFI) to a skeletal series representing two distinct socioeconomic (high and low) statuses living in...
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Fish, amphibian and reptilian assemblage from the middle Miocene locality Gračanica—Bugojno palaeolake, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This paper presents the first fossil fish, amphibian and reptilian fauna from Bosnia and Herzegovina Dinarides. The fauna of ectothermic vertebrates...
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Time for Giants: Titanosaurs from the Berriasian–Santonian Age
Titanosaurian sauropods were the most diverse and successful group of large-bodied terrestrial herbivores. Two aspects regarding their evolutionary...
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A review of the woodpeckers (Aves: Piciformes) from the asphalt deposits of Rancho La Brea, California, with the description of three new species
A review of the piciform avifauna from the upper Pleistocene asphalt deposits of Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California, reveals that it comprises...
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Isotopic insights into the early Medieval (600–1100 CE) diet in the Luistari cemetery at Eura, Finland
In this article, we present the results of an isotopic study of diet for the early medieval (Merovingian, Viking, Early Christian) humans buried in...
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Diversity of gobioid fishes in the late middle Miocene of northern Moldova, Eastern Paratethys – part I: an extinct clade of Lesueurigobius look-alikes
Studies of otoliths suggest that Gobioidei, which are among the most species-rich groups of modern-day vertebrates, were prominent elements of late...
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Storing fish?: a dog’s isotopic biography provides insight into Iron Age food preservation strategies in the Russian Arctic
Analysis of individual animal bodies can provide numerous useful insights in archeology, including how humans provisioned such animals, which in turn...
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Diet and residential mobility within the Late Classic elite Maya households of Chinikiha, Chiapas, Mexico
This paper provides new information about the social structure of the Late Classic ( ad 600–800) Maya by using stable isotope analysis to analyze...
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Sequential analyses of bovid tooth enamel and dentine collagen (δ18O, δ13C, δ15N): new insights into animal husbandry between the Late Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age at Tana del Barletta (Ligurian Prealps)
Tana del Barletta is an upland cave used from the Late Neolithic to the Middle Bronze Age, located in the vicinity of the coast in Liguria (NW...
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Inhumation and cremation: identifying funerary practices and reuse of space through forensic taphonomy at Cova Foradada (Calafell, Spain)
The study of human remains from the perspective of forensic taphonomy facilitates a holistic understanding of ancient funerary behavior, and it is...
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Cave Paleontology in the Lagoa Santa Karst
In Brazil, the majority of fossils of Quaternary tetrapods were found in caves. Among the fossil sites, the Lagoa Santa Karst stands out, especially...
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The “pregnant mummy” from Warsaw reassessed: NOT pregnant. Radiological case study, literature review of ancient feti in Egypt and the pitfalls of archaeological and non-archaeological methods in mummy studies
The case of the first “pregnant ancient Egyptian mummy”, as published by Ejsmond et al. (
2021 ), has raised doubts regarding their conclusions...
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The first archaeometric characterization of obsidian artifacts from the archaeological site of Samshvilde (South Georgia, Caucasus)
This paper presents the first results about the provenance of obsidian fragments recovered in the archaeological site of Samshvilde (South Georgia,...
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Taphonomy of the Pilauco Site, Northwestern Chilean Patagonia
Pilauco shows two distinct layers containing remains of Pleistocene mammals (PB-7 and PB-8). The site is spatially divided into two sectors, East...
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High status diet and health in Medieval Lisbon: a combined isotopic and osteological analysis of the Islamic population from São Jorge Castle, Portugal
This paper presents the first bioarchaeological study of Islamic diet and lifeways in medieval Portugal. Stable isotopes of δ 13 C and δ 15 N and...
