The Levant is a key biogeographic corridor, yet historical instability has limited research creating a polarization toward its southern region. To address this geographical bias, we reassessed three legacy faunal collections from Lebanon: Naame, Nahr Ibrahim, and Ras el-Kelb. For the first time, we obtained direct date...
G. Russo, F. Rivals, M. Duval et al.· Communications Earth & Envir...· 1 citation
This study investigates the ecology of the extinct European
Hippopotamus
from the late Early–Middle Pleistocene (
c
. 900–400 ka) sequence of the Megalopolis Basin, a glacial microrefugium for temperate taxa in southern Greece. Using stable carbon (δ
13
C) and oxygen (δ
18
O) isotope analyses and microwear an...
Effrosyni Roditi, G. Russo, Hervé Bocherens et al.· Boreas· 0 citations
Throughout the Pleistocene, the Levant served as a key land bridge between continents and witnessed repeated hominin dispersals, including the major expansion of modern humans out of Africa. Yet despite this strategic role, the local ecological conditions encountered by hominin populations along the central Levant rema...
G. Russo, F. Bibi, Chrysa Tsimopoulou et al.· Communications Earth & Envir...· 0 citations
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