Life-history of Palaeoloxodon antiquus reveals Middle Pleistocene glacial refugium in the Megalopolis basin, Greece

Abstract The Balkans are considered a major glacial refugium where flora and fauna survived glacial periods and repopulated the rest of Europe during interglacials. While it is also thought to have harboured Pleistocene human populations, evidence linking human activity, paleoenvironmental indicator...

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Main Authors: Effrosyni Roditi, Hervé Bocherens, George E. Konidaris, Athanassios Athanassiou, Vangelis Tourloukis, Panagiotis Karkanas, Eleni Panagopoulou, Katerina Harvati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51592-9