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The “Living Fossil” Peccary, Catagonus wagneri (Tayassuidae), and Its Climatic Significance during the Pleistocene and Holocene
(Centre Studies First Americans, 2011-02)
The Tayassuidae first expanded their range into North America from Eurasia and then extended into South America during the “Great American Biotic Interchange,” becoming one of the first North American mammalian immigrants. ...
The potential impact of the Río Negro Valley on the Late Pleistocene peopling of Patagonia
(Center for the Study of the First American, 2005)
A preliminary review of the canid remains from junius bird’s excavations at Fell’s and Pali Aike caves, Magallanes, Chile
(University of Texas A&M. Department of Anthropology. Center for the Study of the First Americans, 2008-10)
This preliminary note presents our review of the canid materials Junius Birdexcavated from Fell’s and Pali Aike caves in 1936–37 and his subsequent workat Fell’s Cave in 1969–70 (Bird 1988). These materials are currently ...
Initial peopling of Córdoba mountains, Argentina. First evidences from El Alto 3
(Center for the Study of the First Americans, 2005-12)
Se presenta la información acerca de los distintos componentes culturales correspondientes a cazadores-recolectores que se identificaron en el sitio El Alto 3, poniendo énfasis en la ocupación más antigua del sitio, que ...
An insect-eating bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Pleistocene of Argentina
(Center for the Study of the First Americans, 2003-12)
Compared with other mammals, the fossil record for bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) is sparse. Among the reasons proposed for this are lack of fossilization, poor preservation of bats bones, and bias introduced by collecting ...
Native Male Founder Lineages of America
(University of Maine at Orono. Center for the Study of Early Man, 2011-11-21)
Native-American males carry a Y-chromosome lineage characterized by one base-pair polymorphism (M3). All populations from Alaska to the MagellanÕs Strait present this lineage in frequencies higher than 60%. This lineage ...
Diatom analysis in Santa Cruz Central Massif (Patagonia, Argentina): Preliminary Results
(Center for the Study of the First Americans, 2012-10)
Cueva Maripe (47°51´05´´S; 68°56´03´´ W; 560 masl) is located near a wetland identified as La Primavera in the Deseado Massif (Santa Cruz, Argentina). It is a large cave (26 m by 24 m) with two chambers separated by a rock ...
Vegetation Partitioning among Lujanian (Late-Pleistocene/Early-Holocene) Armored Herbivores in the Pampean Region
(Center for the Study of the first Americans, 2000-05)
The majority of the fossils of Lujanian Land Mammal Age are recovered from Pampean Region sediments of the Guerrero member of the Lujan Formation (c. 20,000 yr BP-8,500 yr B.P.). A dry, cool climate occurred in the Pampean ...
First data on Late-Pleistocene rodents from Central arid Patagonia as paleoenvironmental indicators
(Center for the Study of the First Americans, 2009-03)
Late-Pleistocene rodent faunas from Patagonia are poorly known. Pardiñas and Teta (2008) studied seven micromammal fossil assemblages with chronologies between 13,000 and 7000 RCYBP mostly from western Andean areas or near ...