The fossilized tracks extend the geographical range of the straight-tusked elephant to southeast Spain during the Last Interglacial (115,000 years to 130,000 years ago). Read More: Elephants Ask ...

Mammals with larger brains than similar-sized related species were more likely to have survived extinction during the Late Quaternary (between 115,000 to 500 years ago) reports a study published in ...

Large-bodied mammalian herbivores dominated Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems for several million years before undergoing substantial extinctions and declines during the Late Pleistocene (LP) due to ...

Fairbanks, Alaska–While nosing around the Quaternary mammal collection at the Provincial Museum of Alberta two years ago, Paul Matheus, a paleontologist with the Alaska Quaternary Center, came across ...

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Faunal sequence in Europe: Setting the stage; The Villafranchin, prelude to the Ice Age; Chronology of the Ice Age; The age of interglacials; The age of glaciations -- Pleistocene mammal species: ...

Variation in the ecological niches of closely related or co-occurring species is a key factor that underpins evolutionary diversification and extinction. Niche breadth regulates the diversity of ...