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Pleistocene Mammals of North America
Bjorn Kurten,Elaine Anderson +1 more
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The article was published on 1980-10-15 and is currently open access. It has received 907 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Platygonus & Homotherium.read more
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Clarifying historical range to aid recovery of the Mexican wolf
TL;DR: This article assessed historical, morphological, and genetic information on the range of the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) to plan the recovery of this endangered subspecies.
The Horse in Ancient China and its Cultural Influence in Some Other Areas
TL;DR: The authors discusses the fossil ancestry and origins and early domestica- tion of the horse in China and some other areas; association with Homo erectus at Zhoukoudian, the first use for pulling chariots and the Chinese chariot pits; morphological differences in the equid dentitions that allow for taxonomic separation of similar genera and species; comparisons of the Scythian horses of Siberia with early Chinese equids; the first emperor's terra cotta anny and its steeds; and the heavenly horses of Emperor Wudi.
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Vegetation, Megaherbivores, Man and Climate in the Quaternary and the Genesis of Closed Forests
TL;DR: In the presence of dense populations of mega-herbivores, a multi-species fauna of smaller herbivores prevents the formation of a closed crown canopy as mentioned in this paper, which is a major influence on the structure of vegetation canopy.
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New Early Miocene Material of Iberictis, the Oldest Member of the Wolverine Lineage (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Guloninae)
Alberto Valenciano,Juan Abella,Juan Abella,David M. Alba,Josep M. Robles,María Ángeles Álvarez-Sierra,María Ángeles Álvarez-Sierra,Jorge Morales +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, new dental remains of the genus Iberictis (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the late early Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula were described.
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New World proboscidean extinctions: comparisons between North and South America
TL;DR: In South America, generally accepted dates place humans in coastal Chile and Patagonia ca. 13,000 BP and sites no older than ca. 11,000BP are common in other areas as mentioned in this paper.