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1. Not seen before. Unveiling depositional context and Mammuthus meridionalis exploitation at Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, southern Iberia) through taphonomy and microstratigraphy

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Yravedra, José, Courtenay, Lloyd A., Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Mario, Reinoso-Gordo, Juan Francisco, Saarinen, Juha, Égüez, Natalia, Luzón, Carmen, Rodríguez-Alba, Juan José, Solano, José A., Titton, Stefania, Montilla-Jiménez, Eva, Cámara-Donoso, José, Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío, Estaca, Verónica, Serrano-Ramos, Alexia, Amorós, Gabriela, Azanza, Beatriz, Bocherens, Hervé, DeMiguel, Daniel, Fagoaga, Ana, García-Alix, Antonio, González-Quiñones, Juan José, Jiménez-Espejo, Francisco, Kaakinen, Anu, Munuera, Manuel, Ochando, Juan, Piñero, Pedro, Sánchez-Bandera, Christian, Viranta, Suvi, Fortelius, Mikael, Agustí, Jordi, Blain, Hugues-Alexandre, Carrión, José, Barsky, Deborah, Oms, Oriol, Mallol, Carolina, and Jiménez-Arenas, Juan Manuel

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2024
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2. The Origin and Early History of NOW as It Happened

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Fortelius, Mikael, Agustí, Jordi, Bernor, Raymond L., de Bruijn, Hans, van Dam, Jan A., Damuth, John, Eronen, Jussi T., Evans, Gudrun, van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W., Janis, Christine M., Jernvall, Jukka, Kaakinen, Anu, von Koenigswald, Wighart, Lintulaakso, Kari, Liu, Liping, Ataabadi, Majid Mirzaie, Mittmann, Hans-Walter, Pushkina, Diana, Saarinen, Juha, Sen, Sevket, Sova, Susanna, Säilä, Laura K., Tesakov, Alexey, Vepsäläinen, Jouni, Viranta, Suvi, Vislobokova, Innessa, Werdelin, Lars, Zhang, Zhaoqun, Žliobaitė, Indrė, Delson, Eric, Series Editor, Sargis, Eric J., Series Editor, Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac, editor, van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W., editor, Janis, Christine M., editor, and Saarinen, Juha, editor

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2023
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3. The NOW Database of Fossil Mammals

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Žliobaitė, Indrė, Fortelius, Mikael, Bernor, Raymond L., van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W., Janis, Christine M., Lintulaakso, Kari, Säilä, Laura K., Werdelin, Lars, Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac, Croft, Darin A., Flynn, Lawrence J., Hopkins, Samantha S. B., Kaakinen, Anu, Kordos, László, Kostopoulos, Dimitris S., Pandolfi, Luca, Rowan, John, Tesakov, Alexey, Vislobokova, Innessa, Zhang, Zhaoqun, Aiglstorfer, Manuela, Alba, David M., Arnal, Michelle, Antoine, Pierre-Olivier, Belmaker, Miriam, Bilgin, Melike, Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, Borths, Matthew R., Cooke, Siobhán B., van Dam, Jan A., Delson, Eric, Eronen, Jussi T., Fox, David, Friscia, Anthony R., Furió, Marc, Giaourtsakis, Ioannis X., Holbrook, Luke, Hunter, John, López-Torres, Sergi, Ludtke, Joshua, Minwer-Barakat, Raef, van der Made, Jan, Mennecart, Bastien, Pushkina, Diana, Rook, Lorenzo, Saarinen, Juha, Samuels, Joshua X., Sanders, William, Silcox, Mary T., Vepsäläinen, Jouni, Delson, Eric, Series Editor, Sargis, Eric J., Series Editor, Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac, editor, van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W., editor, Janis, Christine M., editor, and Saarinen, Juha, editor

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2023
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4. Glacial/interglacial climate variability in southern Spain during the late Early Pleistocene and climate backdrop for early Homo in Europe

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Sánchez-Bandera, Christian, Fagoaga, Ana, Serrano-Ramos, Alexia, Solano-García, José, Barsky, Deborah, DeMiguel, Daniel, Ochando, Juan, Saarinen, Juha, Piñero, Pedro, Lozano-Fernández, Iván, Courtenay, Lloyd A., Titton, Stefania, Luzón, Carmen, Bocherens, Hervé, Yravedra, José, Fortelius, Mikael, Agustí, Jordi, Carrión, José S., Oms, Oriol, Blain, Hugues-Alexandre, and Jiménez-Arenas, Juan Manuel

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2023
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5. To den or not to den. Contributions to the taphonomic history of the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena 4 (Orce, Guadix-Baza Basin)

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Yravedra Sainz de los Terreros, Jose, Luzón, Carmen, Solano, Jose A., Linares-Matas, Gonzalo J., Estaca-Gomez, Verónica, Rodríguez-Alba, Juan José, Courtenay, Lloyd A., Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío, Serrano-Ramos, Alexia, Cámara, José, Saarinen, Juha, Sánchez-Bandera, Christian, Blain, Hugues-Alexandre, Viranta-Kovanen, Suvi, DeMiguel, Daniel, Azanza, Beatriz, Oms, Oriol, Agustí, Jordi, Fortelius, Mikael, and Jiménez Arenas, Juan Manuel

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2023
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6. The Origin and Early History of NOW as It Happened

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Fortelius, Mikael, primary, Agustí, Jordi, additional, Bernor, Raymond L., additional, de Bruijn, Hans, additional, van Dam, Jan A., additional, Damuth, John, additional, Eronen, Jussi T., additional, Evans, Gudrun, additional, van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W., additional, Janis, Christine M., additional, Jernvall, Jukka, additional, Kaakinen, Anu, additional, von Koenigswald, Wighart, additional, Lintulaakso, Kari, additional, Liu, Liping, additional, Ataabadi, Majid Mirzaie, additional, Mittmann, Hans-Walter, additional, Pushkina, Diana, additional, Saarinen, Juha, additional, Sen, Sevket, additional, Sova, Susanna, additional, Säilä, Laura K., additional, Tesakov, Alexey, additional, Vepsäläinen, Jouni, additional, Viranta, Suvi, additional, Vislobokova, Innessa, additional, Werdelin, Lars, additional, Zhang, Zhaoqun, additional, and Žliobaitė, Indrė, additional

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2023
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7. The NOW Database of Fossil Mammals

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Žliobaitė, Indrė, primary, Fortelius, Mikael, additional, Bernor, Raymond L., additional, van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W., additional, Janis, Christine M., additional, Lintulaakso, Kari, additional, Säilä, Laura K., additional, Werdelin, Lars, additional, Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac, additional, Croft, Darin A., additional, Flynn, Lawrence J., additional, Hopkins, Samantha S. B., additional, Kaakinen, Anu, additional, Kordos, László, additional, Kostopoulos, Dimitris S., additional, Pandolfi, Luca, additional, Rowan, John, additional, Tesakov, Alexey, additional, Vislobokova, Innessa, additional, Zhang, Zhaoqun, additional, Aiglstorfer, Manuela, additional, Alba, David M., additional, Arnal, Michelle, additional, Antoine, Pierre-Olivier, additional, Belmaker, Miriam, additional, Bilgin, Melike, additional, Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, additional, Borths, Matthew R., additional, Cooke, Siobhán B., additional, van Dam, Jan A., additional, Delson, Eric, additional, Eronen, Jussi T., additional, Fox, David, additional, Friscia, Anthony R., additional, Furió, Marc, additional, Giaourtsakis, Ioannis X., additional, Holbrook, Luke, additional, Hunter, John, additional, López-Torres, Sergi, additional, Ludtke, Joshua, additional, Minwer-Barakat, Raef, additional, van der Made, Jan, additional, Mennecart, Bastien, additional, Pushkina, Diana, additional, Rook, Lorenzo, additional, Saarinen, Juha, additional, Samuels, Joshua X., additional, Sanders, William, additional, Silcox, Mary T., additional, and Vepsäläinen, Jouni, additional

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2023
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8. Palynological investigations in the Orce Archaeological Zone, Early Pleistocene of Southern Spain

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Ochando, Juan, Carrión, José, Altolaguirre, Yul, Munuera, Manuel, Amorós, Gabriela, Jiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo, Solano-García, José, Barsky, Deborah, Luzón, Carmen, Sánchez-Bandera, Christian, Serrano-Ramos, Alexia, Toro-Moyano, Isidro, Saarinen, Juha, Blain, Hugues-Alexandre, Bocherens, Hervé, Oms, Oriol, Agustí, Jordi, Fortelius, Mikael, and Jiménez-Arenas, Juan M.

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2022
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9. Unravelling Hominin Activities in the Zooarchaeological Assemblage of Barranco León (Orce, Granada, Spain)

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Yravedra, José, Solano, José Antonio, Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío, Linares-Matás, Gonzalo J., Saarinen, Juha, Rodríguez-Alba, Juan José, Titton, Stefanía, Serrano-Ramos, Alexia, Courtenay, Lloyd A., Mielgo, Clara, Luzón, Carmen, Cámara, José, Sánchez-Bandera, Christian, Montilla, Eva, Toro-Moyano, Isidro, Barsky, Deborah, Fortelius, Mikael, Agusti, Jordi, Blain, Hugues-Alexandre, Oms, Oriol, and Jiménez-Arenas, Juan Manuel

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2022
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10. Correction to: Use of meat resources in the Early Pleistocene assemblages from Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, Spain)

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Yravedra, José, Solano, José Antonio, Courtenay, Lloyd A., Saarinen, Juha, Linares‑Matás, Gonzalo, Luzón, Carmen, Serrano‑Ramos, Alexia, Herranz‑Rodrigo, Darío, Cámara, José Miguel, Ruiz, Auxiliadora, Titton, Stefania, Rodríguez‑Alba, Juan José, Mielgo, Clara, Blain, Hugues‑Alexandre, Agustí, Jordi, Sánchez‑Bandera, Christian, Montilla, Eva, Toro‑Moyano, Isidro, Fortelius, Mikael, Oms, Oriol, Barsky, Deborah, and Jiménez‑Arenas, Juan Manuel

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2022
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11. Not seen before. Unveiling depositional context and Mammuthus meridionalis exploitation at Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, southern Iberia) through taphonomy and microstratigraphy

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Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Junta de Andalucía, Yravedra, José, Courtenay, Lloyd A., Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Mario, Reinoso-Gordo, Juan Francisco, Saarinen, Juha, Égüez, Natalia, Luzón, Carmen, Rodríguez-Alba, Juan José, Solano, José A., Titton, Stefania, Montilla-Jiménez, Eva, Cámara-Donoso, José, Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío, Estaca, V., Serrano-Ramos, Alexia, Amorós, Gabriela, Azanza, Beatriz, Bocherens, Hervé, DeMiguel, Daniel, Fagoaga, Ana, García-Alix, Antonio, González-Quiñones, Juan José, Jimenez Espejo, Francisco Jose, Kaakinen, Anu, Munuera, Manuel, Ochando, Juan, Piñero, Pedro, Sánchez-Bandera, Christian, Viranta, Suvi, Fortelius, Mikael, Agustí, Jordi, Blain, Hugues-Alexandre, Carrión, José, Barsky, Deborah, Oms, Oriol, Mallol, Carolina, Jiménez-Arenas, Juan Manuel, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Junta de Andalucía, Yravedra, José, Courtenay, Lloyd A., Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Mario, Reinoso-Gordo, Juan Francisco, Saarinen, Juha, Égüez, Natalia, Luzón, Carmen, Rodríguez-Alba, Juan José, Solano, José A., Titton, Stefania, Montilla-Jiménez, Eva, Cámara-Donoso, José, Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío, Estaca, V., Serrano-Ramos, Alexia, Amorós, Gabriela, Azanza, Beatriz, Bocherens, Hervé, DeMiguel, Daniel, Fagoaga, Ana, García-Alix, Antonio, González-Quiñones, Juan José, Jimenez Espejo, Francisco Jose, Kaakinen, Anu, Munuera, Manuel, Ochando, Juan, Piñero, Pedro, Sánchez-Bandera, Christian, Viranta, Suvi, Fortelius, Mikael, Agustí, Jordi, Blain, Hugues-Alexandre, Carrión, José, Barsky, Deborah, Oms, Oriol, Mallol, Carolina, and Jiménez-Arenas, Juan Manuel

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Meat consumption by early hominins is a hotly debated issue. A key question concerns their access to large mammal carcasses, including megafauna. Currently, the evidence of anthropic cut marks on proboscidean bones older than -or close to- 1.0 Ma are restricted to the archaeological sites of Dmanisi (Georgia), Olduvai (Tanzania), Gona (Ethiopia), Olorgesailie (Kenya) and La Boella (Spain). During an inspection of the almost complete carcass of Mammuthus meridionalis (FN3-5-MPS) from the Oldowan site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Spain, c. 1.2 Ma), a few traces compatible with human-made cut marks and carnivore tooth marks were found. From this finding and previous interpretations the following questions arise: When and under what conditions was FN3-5-MPS deposited? What is the nature of the marks found on the surface of the bones of this mammoth? To answer, we have conducted a high-resolution analysis of these remains, combining both taphonomic and microstratigraphic data. Our results, using microstratigraphic and micromorphological analyses of sediments based on thin-sections, show that this individual was deposited in a marshy environment. Subsequently, the carcass was exploited by hominins and large felids that left their marks on the surface of some of its bones. For this purpose, the identification and characterisation of both cut marks and tooth marks were performed using high-resolution 3D modelling, geometric morphometrics, and artificially intelligent algorithms. Based on the anatomical position of both the cut and tooth marks, we propose that both the hominins and the saber-toothed cats had early access to the animal. Finally, this paper shows how an interdisciplinary approach can shed detailed light on the particular story regarding the death and processing of the carcass of a female mammoth, deposited at Fuente Nueva 3.

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2024

12. Use of meat resources in the Early Pleistocene assemblages from Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, Spain)

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Yravedra, José, Solano, José Antonio, Courtenay, Lloyd A., Saarinen, Juha, Linares-Matás, Gonzalo, Luzón, Carmen, Serrano-Ramos, Alexia, Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío, Cámara, José Miguel, Ruiz, Auxiliadora, Titton, Stefania, Rodríguez-Alba, Juan José, Mielgo, Clara, Blain, Hugues-Alexandre, Agustí, Jordi, Sánchez-Bandera, Christian, Montilla, Eva, Toro-Moyano, Isidro, Fortelius, Mikael, Oms, Oriol, Barsky, Deborah, and Jiménez-Arenas, Juan Manuel

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2021
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15. The NOW Database of Fossil Mammal

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Generalitat de Catalunya, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Academy of Finland, Žliobaitė, Indré, Fortelius, Mikael, Bernor, Raymond L., van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W., Janis, Christine M., Lintulaakso, Kari, Säilä, Laura K., Werdelin, Lars, Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac, Croft, Darín A., Flynn, Lawence J., Hopkins, Samantha S.B., Kaakinen, Anu, Kordos, László, Kostopoulos, Dimitris S., Pandolfi, Luca, Rowan, John, Tesakov, Alexey, Vislobokova, Innessa, Zhang, Zhaoqun, Aiglstorfer, Manuela, Alba, David M., Arnal, Michelle, Pierre-Oliver, Antoine, Belmaker, Miriam, Bilgin, Melike, Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, Borths, Matthew, Cooke, Siobhán B., van Dam, Jan A., Delson, Eric, Eronen, Jussi T., Fox, David, Friscia, Anthony R., Furió, Marc, Giacourtsakis, Ioannis X., Holbrook, Luke, Hunter, John, López-Torres, Sergi, Ludtke, Joshua, Minwer-Barakat, Raef, Van der Made, Jan, Mennecart, Bastien, Pushkina, Diana, Rook, Lorenzo, Saarinen, Juha, Samuels, Joshua X., Sanders, Wiliam, Silcox, Mary T., Vepsäläinen, Jouni, Generalitat de Catalunya, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Academy of Finland, Žliobaitė, Indré, Fortelius, Mikael, Bernor, Raymond L., van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W., Janis, Christine M., Lintulaakso, Kari, Säilä, Laura K., Werdelin, Lars, Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac, Croft, Darín A., Flynn, Lawence J., Hopkins, Samantha S.B., Kaakinen, Anu, Kordos, László, Kostopoulos, Dimitris S., Pandolfi, Luca, Rowan, John, Tesakov, Alexey, Vislobokova, Innessa, Zhang, Zhaoqun, Aiglstorfer, Manuela, Alba, David M., Arnal, Michelle, Pierre-Oliver, Antoine, Belmaker, Miriam, Bilgin, Melike, Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, Borths, Matthew, Cooke, Siobhán B., van Dam, Jan A., Delson, Eric, Eronen, Jussi T., Fox, David, Friscia, Anthony R., Furió, Marc, Giacourtsakis, Ioannis X., Holbrook, Luke, Hunter, John, López-Torres, Sergi, Ludtke, Joshua, Minwer-Barakat, Raef, Van der Made, Jan, Mennecart, Bastien, Pushkina, Diana, Rook, Lorenzo, Saarinen, Juha, Samuels, Joshua X., Sanders, Wiliam, Silcox, Mary T., and Vepsäläinen, Jouni

Abstract

NOW (New and Old Worlds) is a global database of fossil mammal occurrences, currently containing around 68,000 locality-species entries. The database spans the last 66 million years, with its primary focus on the last 23 million years. Whereas the database contains records from all continents, the main focus and coverage of the database historically has been on Eurasia. The database includes primarily, but not exclusively, terrestrial mammals. It covers a large part of the currently known mammalian fossil record, focusing on classical and actively researched fossil localities. The database is managed in collaboration with an international advisory board of experts. Rather than a static archive, it emphasizes the continuous integration of new knowledge of the community, data curation, and consistency of scientific interpretations. The database records species occurrences at localities worldwide, as well as ecological characteristics of fossil species, geological contexts of localities and more. The NOW database is primarily used for two purposes: (1) queries about occurrences of particular taxa, their characteristics and properties of localities in the spirit of an encyclopedia; and (2) large scale research and quantitative analyses of evolutionary processes, patterns, reconstructing past environments, as well as interpreting evolutionary contexts. The data are fully open, no logging in or community membership is necessary for using the data for any purpose.

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2023

16. A multi-proxy approach to the palaecological reconstruction of the Orce Basin Archaeological Zone (Granada, Spain)

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Jiménez-Arenas, Juan Manuel, Saarinen, Juha, Bocherens, Hervé, Sánchez-Bandera, Christian, Ochando Tomás, Juan, Agusti, Jordi, Amorós, Gabriela, Azanza, Beatriz, Camara, Jose M., Courtenay, Lloyd A., DeMiguel, Daniel, Égüez, Natalia, Fagoaga, Ana, Garcia-Alix, Antonio, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Mario, Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío, Jimenez Espejo, Francisco Jose, Kaakinen, Anu, Lozano, Ivan, Luzon, Carmen, Mallol, Carolina, Montilla, Eva, Munuera, Manuel, Oksanen, Otto, Oms, Oriol, Piñero, Pedro, Reinoso-Gordo, Juan F., Serrano-Ramos, Alexia, Sanzi, Roberta, Tallavaara, Mikka, Titton, Stefania, Viranta, Suvi, Yravedra, José, Barsky, Deborah R., Solano, Jose, Fortelius, Mikael, Carrión, José, Blain, Hugues-Alexandre, Jiménez-Arenas, Juan Manuel, Saarinen, Juha, Bocherens, Hervé, Sánchez-Bandera, Christian, Ochando Tomás, Juan, Agusti, Jordi, Amorós, Gabriela, Azanza, Beatriz, Camara, Jose M., Courtenay, Lloyd A., DeMiguel, Daniel, Égüez, Natalia, Fagoaga, Ana, Garcia-Alix, Antonio, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Mario, Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío, Jimenez Espejo, Francisco Jose, Kaakinen, Anu, Lozano, Ivan, Luzon, Carmen, Mallol, Carolina, Montilla, Eva, Munuera, Manuel, Oksanen, Otto, Oms, Oriol, Piñero, Pedro, Reinoso-Gordo, Juan F., Serrano-Ramos, Alexia, Sanzi, Roberta, Tallavaara, Mikka, Titton, Stefania, Viranta, Suvi, Yravedra, José, Barsky, Deborah R., Solano, Jose, Fortelius, Mikael, Carrión, José, and Blain, Hugues-Alexandre

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The Orce Basin Archaeological Zone (OZAB, Granada, Spain) extends over a surface area of some > 8.5 km2 and constitutes one of the richest Pleistocene vertebrate fossil records in western Europe including one of the oldest hominin presence in this part of Eurasia. Exceptionally rich collections of stone tools have been excavated from both of the Orce Oldowan sites: Barranco León (BL) (1.4 Ma) and Fuente Nueva 3 (FN3) (1.2 Ma), while BL has yielded a hominin deciduous lower molar. We present a multi-proxy approach to determine the palaeoeocological context of these first hominin settlements in Western Europe. By combining results from macrovertebrates, microvertebrates, as well as from pollen and stable isotopes from macrovertebrate tooth enamel, we determine whether the palaeo landscapes were dominated by savanna or open woodland. The results reveal the regional specificities of the OAZB, and also allow us to infer local features within the Orce sites. Overall, our data reveal the dominance of a typically Mediterranean climate and landscape since 1.8 Ma ago. The climatic conditions were generally more humid than at present, with warmer temperatures during the coldest months, indicating a higher net primary productivity (NPP). We find that precipitation and NPP appear to have been limiting factors for hominin presence in the OAZB. Thus, at the older palaeontological site of Venta Micena (1.6 Ma), climatic conditions appear to have been less compatible with hominin presence than during the BL and FN3 sequences, when early hominins inhabiting the OAZB were able to cope with changing climatic and environmental settings. Lastly, the comparison of the isotopic results of the Orce sites with those of the contemporaneous Shungura Formation (Ethiopia) reveals that the habitat in the westernmost part of Eurasia was distinctly unlike a typical African savanna.

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2023

17. Revisiting the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Orce sites and the early Homo habitats in western Europe. A response to Palmqvist et al. (2022)

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Saarinen, Juha, primary, Fortelius, Mikael, additional, Bocherens, Hervé, additional, Oms, Oriol, additional, Agustí, Jordi, additional, Carrión, José S., additional, Ochando, Juan, additional, Blain, Hugues-Alexandre, additional, DeMiguel, Daniel, additional, Solano-García, Jose, additional, Oksanen, Otto, additional, Žliobaitė, Indrė, additional, Tallavaara, Miikka, additional, Yravedra, José, additional, Barsky, Deborah, additional, and Jiménez-Arenas, Juan Manuel, additional

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2022
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18. Species discovery and dental ecometrics: good news, bad news and recommendations for the future.

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Wilson, Oscar E., Fortelius, Mikael, and Saarinen, Juha

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*SPECIES, *COMMUNITIES, *MARSUPIALS, *ARTIODACTYLA, *PRIMATES
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New mammal species have always been a source of major zoological intrigue, and whilst discoveries of large mammals are becoming less frequent, species like the saola and dingiso continue to enter the zoological literature. Modern communities are often assumed to be complete and are used for constructing community-level models. One example is ecometric modelling. Here, we estimate the number of large herbivorous mammals not yet described based on description curves. We also investigate the effect of species description on the stability and accuracy of previously established relationships between traits and climate. The contemporary description record of large herbivorous mammals is incomplete, with at least 83 species undescribed. Primates, artiodactyls and marsupials are estimated to contain the greatest undescribed diversity, with particular gaps in the Neotropic, Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. We find that beyond ~40% completeness, there is a limited impact on trait–environment relationships of increased species description, but that there is a high mismatch between true and predicted climatic values for published models. Consequently, mammalian species that have not yet been discovered are unlikely to have a large impact on the accuracy of trait-environment models, but we suggest possible alterations to previous approaches that might improve the accuracy of future models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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19. Use of meat resources in the Early Pleistocene assemblages from Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, Spain) (vol 13, 213, 2021)

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Yravedra, Jose, Solano, Jose Antonio, Courtenay, Lloyd A., Saarinen, Juha, Linares-Matas, Gonzalo, Luzon, Carmen, Serrano-Ramos, Alexia, Herranz-Rodrigo, Dario, Camara, Jose Miguel, Ruiz, Auxiliadora, Titton, Stefania, Rodriguez-Alba, Juan Jose, Mielgo, Clara, Blain, Hugues-Alexandre, Agusti, Jordi, Sanchez-Bandera, Christian, Montilla, Eva, Toro-Moyano, Isidro, Fortelius, Mikael, Oms, Oriol, Barsky, Deborah, Jimenez-Arenas, Juan Manuel, University of Helsinki, Swedish School of Social Science Subunit, Doctoral Programme in Geosciences, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Finnish Museum of Natural History, and Evolutionary Palaeontology group

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615 History and Archaeology
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Correction to: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2021) 13: 213

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2022

20. Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (1944–2022)

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Behrensmeyer, Anna K., primary, Cerling, Thure, additional, Fortelius, Mikael, additional, Gathogo, Patrick, additional, Harmand, Sonia, additional, Martin, Lawrence, additional, Miller, Ellen, additional, Pilbeam, David, additional, Ungar, Peter, additional, and Wood, Bernard, additional

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2022
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24. Appendix from Do species factories exist? Detecting exceptional patterns of evolution in the mammalian fossil record

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Toivonen, Jaakko, Fortelius, Mikael, and ��liobait��, Indr��

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A species factory refers to the source that gives rise to an exceptionally large number of species. However, what is it exactly: a place, a time or a combination of places, times and environmental conditions, remains unclear. Here we search for species factories computationally, for which we develop statistical approaches to detect origination, extinction and sorting hotspots in space and time in the fossil record. Using data on European Late Cenozoic mammals, we analyse where, how and how often species factories occur, and how they potentially relate to the dynamics of environmental conditions. We find that in the Early Miocene origination hotspots tend to be located in areas with relatively low estimated net primary productivity. Our pilot study shows that species first occurring in origination hotspots tend to have a longer average longevity and a larger geographical range than other species, thus emphasizing the evolutionary importance of the species factories.

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2022
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26. On calibrating the completometer for the mammalian fossil record.

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Žliobaitė, Indrė and Fortelius, Mikael

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We know that the fossil record is incomplete. But how incomplete? Here we very coarsely estimate the completeness of the mammalian record in the Miocene, assuming that the duration of a mammalian species is about 1 Myr and the species diversity has stayed constant and is structurally comparable to the taxonomic diversity today. The overall completeness under these assumptions appears to be around 4%, but there are large differences across taxonomic groups. We find that the fossil record of proboscideans and perissodactyls as we know it for the Miocene must be close to complete, while we might know less than 15% of the species of artiodactyl or carnivore fossil species and only about 1% of primate species of the Miocene. The record of small mammals appears much less complete than that of large mammals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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27. Do species factories exist? Detecting exceptional patterns of evolution in the mammalian fossil record.

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Toivonen J, Fortelius M, and Žliobaitė I

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Animals, Extinction, Biological, Geography, Mammals, Pilot Projects, Biological Evolution, Fossils
Abstract

A species factory refers to the source that gives rise to an exceptionally large number of species. However, what is it exactly: a place, a time or a combination of places, times and environmental conditions, remains unclear. Here we search for species factories computationally, for which we develop statistical approaches to detect origination, extinction and sorting hotspots in space and time in the fossil record. Using data on European Late Cenozoic mammals, we analyse where, how and how often species factories occur, and how they potentially relate to the dynamics of environmental conditions. We find that in the Early Miocene origination hotspots tend to be located in areas with relatively low estimated net primary productivity. Our pilot study shows that species first occurring in origination hotspots tend to have a longer average longevity and a larger geographical range than other species, thus emphasizing the evolutionary importance of the species factories.

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2022
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