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The wolverine (Gulo gulo L.) in Spain – one of the south most spreading during the Pleistocene
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] This paper is a contribution to the study of the wolverine (Gulo gulo ) in Europe. The scarce findings of this species in the Iberian Peninsula are described and metrically compared with those living representants ...
Phylogenetic Problems of the Alpine Cave-Bears
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] The metric and morphological characteristics of 23 alpine cave bear fauna are been studied and compared with the normal lowland form. The phylogenetic conclusions are drawn: 3 new subspecies?
Holocene Brown Bears (Ursus arctos L.) in natural traps : exceptional sites of Mont Ventoux (Vaucluse, France)
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] On the northern face of the mountain Mont Ventoux (Vaucluse, Southeastern France), a dozen cavities and traps (called MV1, 2, 3, 4 ( = Aven du René-Jean), 5, 6 ...) have been recently discovered by speleologists, ...
Preliminary report on the Late Pleistocene small mammal fauna from the Loutraki Bear-cave (Pella, Macedonia, Greece)
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] The Loutraki Bear-cave (Northern Greece) yielded a rich Pleistocene fauna including mammals, amphibians and reptiles. In the present study the small mammal fauna associated with cave-bear remains is studied. The ...
Reflections on the fate of some geomorphological ideas
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] In geomorphology, as in other sciences, investigation is concerned with the collection and characterisation of data, and the generation and testing of working hypotheses. Considering the analysis of landforms ...
Identification of ambiguous fossil bone remains following 13C and 15N isotopic signals on bone collagen
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] In this paper we deal with an useful application of isotopic studies on fossil bone remains. Following δ1 3C and δ1 5N signals recorded in bone collagen, it is possible to classify into the proper taxon some ...
Cave bear's diet: a new hypothesis based on stable isotopes
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] The Ursus spelaeus diet has always been a controversial topic in Paleontology. Both, morphometric and isotopic studies, have raised the hypothesis of herbivorism for this extinct ursid that belongs to the order ...
Pleistocene small cave bear (Ursus rossicus) from the South Siberia, Russia
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] The skull, mandibles and cheek teeth of U. Rossicus from four localities of the South Siberia are examined. This species inhabited the steppe regions in early Middle and Late Pleistocene. By odontological ...
Cave bear worship in the Palaeolithic
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] As a result of detailed discussion under different points of view, this study has neither endorsed evidence of any early belief system nor of cave bear worship. All relevant conceptions of that kind are either ...
The problem of the species concept in the phylogeny of the cave bears
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] This a short review of a series of concepts daily used in palaentology, trying to connect them with their meaning in other fields of study in Biology. Firstly, it should be pointed out if the concept of species ...