The geographic and temporal origins of the domestic dog remain controversial, as genetic
data suggest a domestication process in East Asia beginning 15,000 years ago, whereas the …

… (H) SPECMAP stacked oxygen isotope record (34). … Uerpmann, for handling the
logistics of the project. … Uerpmann, for handling the logistics of the project. …

The extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius primigenius) was a large type of cattle that ranged over
almost the whole Eurasian continent. The aurochs is the wild progenitor of modern cattle, …

This paper describes how the study of animal bones from archaeological sites ('osteo‐archaeology')
may contribute to our reconstruction of cultural and economic history. Methods of …

Dromedaries have been fundamental to the development of human societies in arid landscapes
and for long-distance trade across hostile hot terrains for 3,000 y. Today they continue …

The prey choice of extinct cave lions Panthera spelaea was determined using bone collagen
isotopic signatures in the Belgian Ardennes and the Swabian Jura between 40,000 and …

Kesslerloch Cave in Switzerland is one of the major Magdalenian sites in Central Europe.
During a recent reanalysis of the faunal remains, we identified a cranial fragment and teeth of …

Grey wolves (Canis lupus) are one of the few large terrestrial carnivores that have
maintained a wide geographical distribution across the Northern Hemisphere throughout the …

… The Pleistocene populations of Siberia, the Caucasus, and Europe are characterized by a
high diversity at both the haplotype (H = 1.00) and nucleotide levels (as estimated with Pi and …

… Hajar Mountains (Uerpmann and Uerpmann, 2008), while the aurochs as the ancestor of
domestic cattle existed along both shores of the Gulf (Uerpmann and Uerpmann, 2008), and …