[Abstract] The lineage of the cave bear Ursus deningeri--> U. Spelaeus is well known, but to draw a limit in this evolution is not easy. The real difficulty is met when this cave bear lineage has to be linked to its ...

[Abstract] The fossil remains of bears are very frequently found in the karst sediments of the Western Carpathians. Besides cave bears, two taxa of fossil brown bears (Ursus tauba -chensis, Ursus arctos priscus) have been ...

The Cambrian/Ordovician transition of the Central Iberian Zone in the region of Trás -os-Montes displays quite distinct features. One is gradational with no noticeable unconformity: Moncorvo (REBELO et al , 1983); S. ...

[Abstract] Potocka zijalka is a unique site with rich archaeological and palaeontological remains. From 1997 onward new excavation campaigns were carried out in co-operation with the Institute of Geology in Ljubljana and ...

[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 ...

[Abstract] During the 2nd half of 20th century, a succession of new Pleistocene localities was discovered and some classical paleontological sites were revised. From many of those places also bear remains were recorded. ...

Se presentan los resultados obtenidos a partir del estudio petrológico detallado de las eclogitas que componen la unidad eclogítica del Complejo de Cabo Ortegal estableciéndose un modelo para la evolución metamórfica de ...

[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 ...

Rice growth in wetlands or paddy soils is economically important in Latin America.Lime amendment is becoming a conventional practice for rice production in this area. A field study was conducted to compare changes induced ...

[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 ...