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The dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis from Puntali Cave, Carini (Sicily; late Middle Pleistocene): Anatomy, systematics and phylogenetic relationships
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A systematic and morphometric study based on material from the late Middle Pleistocene Puntali Cave (Carini) supports the hypothesis that P. mnaidriensis from Sicily is indeed a separate species with respect to mainland Palaeoloxodon antiquus and not just a smaller insular form of the latter.About:
This article is published in Quaternary International.The article was published on 2008-05-01. It has received 42 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis & Palaeoloxodon.read more
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Shoulder Height, Body Mass, and Shape of Proboscideans
TL;DR: In this paper, the body mass of a large number of extinct proboscideans has been calculated by the Graphic Double Integration volumetric method which is based on technical restorations from graphical reconstructions of fossils employing photos, measurements and comparative anatomy of extant forms.
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Ongoing research at the late Middle Pleistocene site of La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (central Italy), with emphasis on human–elephant relationships
Anna Paola Anzidei,Grazia Maria Bulgarelli,Paola Catalano,Eugenio Cerilli,R. Gallotti,Cristina Lemorini,Salvatore Milli,Maria Rita Palombo,Walter Pantano,Ernesto Santucci +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that most of the transport of the bones occurred during flooding events followed by progressive swampy phases, resulting in the formation of areas with stagnant and muddy waters where some elephants became trapped, as indicated by remains in partial anatomical articulation.
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The effect of area and isolation on insular dwarf proboscideans
Alexandra A.E. van der Geer,Alexandra A.E. van der Geer,Gerrit D. van den Bergh,Gerrit D. van den Bergh,George Lyras,Unggul W. Prasetyo,Rokus Awe Due,Erick Setiyabudi,Hara Drinia +8 more
TL;DR: The results support the generality of the island rule in the sense that all but one of the elephants experienced dwarfism on islands, and found no support for the hypothesis that body size of elephants declines with island isolation.
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Extreme insular dwarfism evolved in a mammoth
TL;DR: Mammuthus creticus is smaller than other known insular dwarf mammoths, and is similar in size to the smallest dwarf Palaeoloxodon species from Sicily and Malta, making it the smallest mammoth species known to have existed.
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Anatomy and phylogenetic value of the mandibular and coronoid canals and their associated foramina in proboscideans (Mammalia)
Marco Ferretti,Régis Debruyne +1 more
TL;DR: The pattern of the mandibular canal and its associated foramina in proboscideans is described in order to fully appreciate the extent of interspecific variation of these structures within the group and to discuss its systematic and phylogenetic value.
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A guide to the measurement of animal bones from archaeological sites : as developed by the Institut für Palaeoanatomie, Domestikationsforschung und Geschichte der Tiermedizin of the University of Munich
TL;DR: The Von den Driesch handbook as mentioned in this paper is a standard tool used by faunal analysts working on animal and bird assemblages from around the world and has been used for the instruction of students working on osteoarchaeological theses at the University of Munich.
A guide to the measurement of animal bones from archaeological sites
Angela von den. Driesch,Munich +1 more
TL;DR: The Von den Driesch handbook as mentioned in this paper is a standard tool used by faunal analysts working on animal and bird assemblages from around the world and has been used for the instruction of students working on osteoarchaeological theses at the University of Munich.
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Paleoclimate and evolution, with emphasis on human origins
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between climatic and biotic evolution is addressed, focusing on how climatic change during the last 15 million years - especially the last three million - has affected human evolution and other evolutionary events.