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The origin of early Acheulean expansion in Europe 700 ka ago: new findings at Notarchirico (Italy) by Moncel, Marie-Hélène, Santagata, Carmen, Pereira, Alison, Nomade, Sébastien, Voinchet, Pierre, Bahain, Jean-Jacques, Daujeard, Camille, Curci, Antonio, Lemorini, Cristina, Hardy, Bruce, Eramo, Giacomo, Berto, Claudio, Raynal, Jean-Paul, Arzarello, Marta, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Sardella, Raffaele, Allegretta, Ignazio, Delluniversità, Emanuela, Terzano, Roberto, Dugas, Pauline, Jouanic, Gwenolé, Queffelec, Alain, d’Andrea, Andrea, Valentini, Rosario, Minucci, Eleonora, Carpentiero, Laura, Piperno, Marcello

“…Notarchirico (Southern Italy) has yielded the earliest evidence of Acheulean settlement in Italy and four older occupation levels have recently been unearthed,…”
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A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe by Iurino, Dawid A., Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Moscarella, Alfio, Strani, Flavia, Bona, Fabio, Gaeta, Mario, Sardella, Raffaele

“…Here, we describe a partial cranium of a large canid dated at 406.5 ± 2.4 ka from the Middle Pleistocene of Ponte Galeria (Rome, Italy). The sample represents…”
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Reinforcing the idea of an early dispersal of Hippopotamus amphibius in Europe: Restoration and multidisciplinary study of the skull from the Middle Pleistocene of Cava Montanari (Rome, central Italy) by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Mancini, Marco, Tentori, Daniel, Cavasinni, Chiara, Conti, Jacopo, Messina, Mattia Yuri, Sarra, Alex, Sardella, Raffaele

“…A skull of Hippopotamus recovered from the area of Tor di Quinto, within the urban area of Rome (central Italy) is here redescribed. Despite being one of the…”
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Late Early to late Middle Pleistocene medium-sized deer from the Italian Peninsula: implications for taxonomy and biochronology by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Sardella, Raffaele, Breda, Marzia

“…The taxonomy of Quaternary medium-sized deer from Europe rests mainly on antler morphology, while adequate dental and postcranial diagnostic features are…”
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Stratigraphic reassessment of Grotta Romanelli sheds light on Middle-Late Pleistocene palaeoenvironments and human settling in the Mediterranean by Pieruccini, Pierluigi, Forti, Luca, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Yu, Tsai-Luen, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Bona, Fabio, Lembo, Giuseppe, Muttillo, Brunella, Sardella, Raffaele, Mazzini, Ilaria

“…During the last century, Grotta Romanelli (Southern Italy) has been a reference site for the European Late Pleistocene stratigraphy, due to its…”
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THE BISON SAMPLE FROM THE EARLY MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SITE OF CONTRADA MONTICELLI (APULIA, SOUTHERN ITALY) by STEFANELLI, DARIO, SORBELLI, LEONARDO, MECOZZI, BENIAMINO, MAIORANO, PATRIZIA, MARINO, MARIA, SARDELLA, RAFFAELE

“…Several craniodental and postcranial Bovinae fossil remains coming from the early Middle Pleistocene Contrada Monticelli (CM) site (Castellana Grotte, BA) and…”
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Author Correction: Stratigraphic reassessment of Grotta Romanelli sheds light on Middle-Late Pleistocene palaeoenvironments and human settling in the Mediterranean by Pieruccini, Pierluigi, Forti, Luca, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Yu, Tsai-Luen, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Bona, Fabio, Lembo, Giuseppe, Muttillo, Brunella, Sardella, Raffaele, Mazzini, Ilaria

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A REAPPRAISAL OF THE PLEISTOCENE MAMMALS FROM THE KARST INFILLING DEPOSITS OF THE MAGLIE AREA (LECCE, APULIA, SOUTHERN ITALY) by BENIAMINO MECOZZI, LUCA BELLUCCI, FRANCESCA GIUSTINI, ALESSIO IANNUCCI, DAWID ADAM IURINO, ILARIA MAZZINI, FLAVIA STRANI, RAFFAELE SARDELLA

“…The karst fissures known as “ventarole”, located in the Salentine Peninsula (southernmost part of Apulia, Italy), were first studied by Mirigliano in 1941…”
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Braincase With Natural Endocast of a Juvenile Rhinocerotinae From the Late Middle Pleistocene Site of Melpignano (Apulia, Southern Italy) by Iurino, Dawid A., Conti, Jacopo, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Sardella, Raffaele

“…Cranial remains of juvenile fossil rhinoceroses are rarely described in literature and very few is known about the ontogenetic development of their inner…”
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Middle Pleistocene Hippopotamuses from the Italian Peninsula: An Overview by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Arzarello, Marta, Carpentieri, Marco, Moncel, Marie-Hélène, Peretto, Carlo, Sala, Benedetto, Sardella, Raffaele

“…Our work presents an updated overview of the Italian Middle Pleistocene records of hippopotamuses, including the two species Hippopotamus antiquus and…”
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Grotta Romanelli (Southern Italy, Apulia): legacies and issues in excavating a key site for the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean by Sardella, Raffaele, Mazzini, Ilaria, Giustini, Francesca, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Brilli, Mauro, Iurino, Dawid Adam, Lembo, Giuseppe, Muttillo, Brunella, Massussi, Massimo, Sigari, Dario, Tucci, Sonia, Voltaggio, Mario

“…Grotta Romanelli, located on the Adriatic coast of southern Apulia (Italy), is considered a key site for the Mediterranean Pleistocene for its archaeological…”
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New human fossil from the latest Pleistocene levels of Grotta Romanelli (Apulia, southern Italy) by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Buzi, Costantino, Iannucci, Alessio, Micarelli, Ileana, Bona, Fabio, Forti, Luca, Lembo, Giuseppe, Manzi, Giorgio, Mazzini, Ilaria, Muttillo, Brunella, Pieruccini, Pierluigi, Ranaldo, Filomena, Sigari, Dario, Sardella, Raffaele

“…Grotta Romanelli can be counted among the most interesting sites for the late Upper Palaeolithic of the Mediterranean area, since returned a consistent record…”
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The extinction of the giant hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris and a reappraisal of the Epivillafranchian and Galerian Hyaenidae in Europe: Faunal turnover during the Early–Middle Pleistocene Transition by Iannucci, Alessio, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Sardella, Raffaele, Iurino, Dawid Adam

“…The giant, short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris was the largest Hyaenidae ever existed and the one that perfectly embodied the distinctive bone-cracking…”
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Climatic and environmental changes of ~100 thousand years: The mammals from the early Middle Pleistocene sequence of Notarchirico (southern Italy) by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Carpentieri, Marco, Pineda, Antonio, Rabinovich, Rivka, Sardella, Raffaele, Moncel, Marie-Hélène

“…Here we revise all the paleontological sample of Notarchirico, including historical collections and new findings collected during 2016-2023 excavations…”
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The postcranial variability of Quaternary European rhinoceroses: the case study of Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis from the Middle Pleistocene site of Contrada Monticelli (Apulia, southern Italy) by Stefanelli, Dario, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Marino, Maria, Sardella, Raffaele, Breda, Marzia

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Taxonomic and stable isotope analyses of mammal remains from the Lateglacial site of Grotta Polesini (central Italy): Paleoenviromental implications by Giustini, Francesca, Iannucci, Alessio, Porcelli, Giovanni, Micarelli, Ileana, Brilli, Mauro, Sardella, Raffaele, Mecozzi, Beniamino

“…ABSTRACT Grotta Polesini is one of the most famous paleontological and archaeological sites of central Italy, which testifies to its human occupation during…”
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The tale of a short-tailed cat: New outstanding Late Pleistocene fossils of Lynx pardinus from southern Italy by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Sardella, Raffaele, Boscaini, Alberto, Cherin, Marco, Costeur, Loïc, Madurell-Malapeira, Joan, Pavia, Marco, Profico, Antonio, Iurino, Dawid A.

“…The pardel lynx Lynx pardinus is today restricted to small populations living in southern Iberian Peninsula. However, this endangered species was widely spread…”
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Reevaluating the “elephant butchery area” at the Middle Pleistocene site of Notarchirico (MIS 16) (Venosa Basin, Basilicata, Italy) by Pineda, Antonio, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Carpentieri, Marco, Sardella, Raffaele, Rabinovich, Rivka, Moncel, Marie-Hélène

“…The archaeological site of Notarchirico, chronologically placed at the end of MIS 17 and MIS 16 (675-610 ka), is a key site for studying Acheulean technology…”
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Macaca ulna from new excavations at the Notarchirico Acheulean site (Middle Pleistocene, Venosa, southern Italy) by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Sardella, Raffaele, Curci, Antonio, Daujeard, Camille, Moncel, Marie-Helénè

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Earliest bison dispersal in Western Palearctic: Insights from the Eobison record from Pietrafitta (Early Pleistocene, central Italy) by Sorbelli, Leonardo, Cherin, Marco, Kostopoulos, Dimitris S., Sardella, Raffaele, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Plotnikov, Valerii, Prat-Vericat, Maria, Azzarà, Beatrice, Bartolini-Lucenti, Saverio, Madurell-Malapeira, Joan

“…The late Villafranchian is one of the pivotal timespans in the succession of Pleistocene European faunal assemblages, setting the bases for the major faunal…”
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