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Paleobotany

First steps towards distinguishing Mediterranean vegetation root marks on bones: An experimental approach

Alba Macho-Callejo, Dores Marin-Monfort, Aida Gutiérrez, Sara García-Morato, Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo

published 18 Jun 2026

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Range-weighted branch length difference (RWiBaLD), a new method for distinguishing meso-endemism from neo-endemism and paleo-endemism

Brent D. Mishler, Nunzio Knerr, Joseph T. Miller, Andrew H. Thornhill, Shawn W. Laffan

published 22 May 2026

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Unveiling bast fiber production in Upper Paleolithic North China: Microfibers and usewear traces on stone tools from Shizitan

Li Liu, Yahui He, David Cohen, Xingcan Chen, Jinming Shi, Yanhua Song

published 13 Apr 2026

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Ancient use and long-distance transport of the Four Corners Potato (Solanum jamesii) across the Colorado Plateau: Implications for early stages of domestication

Lisbeth A. Louderback, Cynthia Wilson, Stefania L. Wilks, Kaley Joyce, Sara Rickett, John Bamberg, Alfonso del Rio, Bruce M. Pavlik

published 21 Jan 2026

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Investigating human paleodiet at Mesolithic Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov, Karelia using a multi-proxy stable isotope approach

Rebekka I. I. Eckelmann, Laura Arppe, Rick J. Schulting, Sambit Ghosh, Jakub Trubač, Aneta Kuchařová, Matthew J. Wooller, Dmitry Gerasimov, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Kristiina Mannermaa

published 07 Jan 2026

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Diets and environments of late pleistocene pygmy and Columbian mammoths: Isotopic evidence from Southern California

Chance D. Hannold, Yang Wang, Xiaoming Wang, Regan Dunn, Jonathan Hoffman

published 07 Jan 2026

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Detection of traces of calcium oxalate druses in fossil leaves of angiosperms and gymnosperms from different sites and geological periods

Mahdieh Malekhosseini, Hans-Jürgen Ensikat, Victoria E. McCoy, Torsten Wappler, Jes Rust

published 17 Dec 2025

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A bioavailable ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr isoscape of Mongolia: Implications for the reconstruction of past human and animal mobility

Mael Le Corre, Eric Douville, Arnaud Dapoigny, Khanh-Vi Tran, Tsagaan Turbat, Ganbold Enkhbayar, Sébastien Lepetz, Antoine Zazzo

published 03 Dec 2025

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On the ecological impact of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Europe: Early Holocene (Mesolithic) and Last Interglacial (Neanderthal) foragers compared

Anastasia Nikulina, Anhelina Zapolska, Maria Antonia Serge, Didier M. Roche, Florence Mazier, Marco Davoli, Elena A. Pearce, Jens-Christian Svenning, Dave van Wees, Ralph Fyfe, Katharine MacDonald, Wil Roebroeks, Fulco Scherjon

published 22 Oct 2025

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Large-scale carbon and nitrogen isotopic investigations into caprine diet and management at Tepe Yahya, southeastern Iran

Melina Seabrook, Jesse Wolfhagen, Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch

published 25 Sep 2025

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Reconstructing spruce budworm outbreak severity: a comparison of paleoecological and tree-ring signals

Marc-Antoine Leclerc, Martin Simard, Hubert Morin

published 12 Aug 2025

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Low and facultative mycorrhization of ferns in a low-montane tropical rainforest in Ecuador

Jennifer Michel, Marcus Lehnert, Martin Nebel, Dietmar Quandt

published 08 Jul 2025

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The effects of charring on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L) achenes and kernels: Taphonomic and behavioral implications

John P. Hart

published 12 Jun 2025

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