List of works - Lorenzo Rook

A 450 million years long latitudinal gradient in age-dependent extinction

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

A comparative study of adult facial morphology and its ontogeny in the fossil macaque Macaca majori from Capo Figari, Sardinia, Italy

scientific article

A comparative study of the Early Pleistocene carnivore guild from Dmanisi (Georgia)

A model for the Holocene extinction of the mammal megafauna in Ecuador

scholarly article by G. Ficcarelli et al published March 2003 in Journal of South American Earth Sciences

A new rhinocerotid (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the latest Miocene of Southern Italy

article

A new species of bull from the Early Pleistocene paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea): Parallelism on the dispersal of the genus Bos and the Acheulian culture

article

A new vertebrate fossiliferous site from the Late Quaternary at San José on the north coast of Ecuador: preliminary note

scholarly article by G. Cantalamessa et al published July 2001 in Journal of South American Earth Sciences

A one-million-year-old Homo cranium from the Danakil (Afar) Depression of Eritrea ⬇️

scientific article published on June 4, 1998

A one-million-year-old human pubic symphysis

scientific article published on 23 February 2006

A partial Homo pelvis from the Early Pleistocene of Eritrea

scientific article published on 13 July 2018

A thorny question: the taxonomic identity of the Pirro Nord cervical vertebrae revisited

scientific article published on 17 July 2014

Acinonyx pardinensis (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Early Pleistocene of Pantalla (Italy): predatory behavior and ecological role of the giant Plio–Pleistocene cheetah

article

African crocodylians in the Late Neogene of Europe: A revision of Crocodylus bambolii Ristori, 1890

scientific article published in 2008

Alilepus meini nov. sp. (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from the Early Messinian of Tuscany (central-western Italy)

article

An enigmatic giraffid from the latest Miocene of Italy: Taxonomy, affinity, and paleobiogeographic implications

An integrated study of the Homo -bearing Aalat stratigraphic section (Eritrea): An expanded continental record at the Early–Middle Pleistocene transition

scholarly article

An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy)

scientific article published in 2022

An overview on the Italian Miocene land mammal faunas

article

An updated review on Equus stenonis (Mammalia, Perissodactyla): New implications for the European early Pleistocene Equus taxonomy and paleoecology, and remarks on the Old World Equus evolution

Basel–Tuscany, a long-lasting link

Body size of insular carnivores: evidence from the fossil record

article

Carbon isotopic record of terrestrial ecosystems spanning the Late Miocene extinction of Oreopithecus bambolii, Baccinello Basin (Tuscany, Italy).

scientific article

Celadensia grossetana nov. sp. (Cricetidae, Rodentia) from the late Turolian Baccinello-Cinigiano basin (Italy)

article

Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811) (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Equi (Late Pleistocene, Massa-Carrara, Italy): anatomical analysis and palaeoethological contextualisation

article

Dispersal of the Canini (Mammalia, Canidae: Caninae) across Eurasia during the Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene

scholarly article

Early Pleistocene enamel proteome from Dmanisi resolves Stephanorhinus phylogeny

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

Editorial: Evolving Virtual and Computational Paleontology

Enamel thickness and enamel growth in Oreopithecus: Combining microtomographic and histological evidence

article

Evidence of earliest human occurrence in Europe: the site of Pirro Nord (Southern Italy)

article

Evidence of hominid-like precision grip capability in the hand of the Miocene ape Oreopithecus

scientific article

Evolution of Old World Equus and origin of the zebra-ass clade

scientific article published on 12 May 2021

Evolution of the Family Equidae, Subfamily Equinae, in North, Central and South America, Eurasia and Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene

scientific article published on 24 August 2022

Facies associations of the northern Dandiero Basin (Danakil depression, Eritrea, including the Pleistocene Buya homo site)

Feeding habits of extant and fossil canids as determined by their skull geometry

article published in 2014

First European evidence for transcontinental dispersal ofCrocodylus(late Neogene of southern Italy)

article

First approach of the life history of Prolagus apricenicus (Ochotonidae, Lagomorpha) from Terre Rosse sites (Gargano, Italy) using body mass estimation and paleohistological analysis

article

First occurrence of Soergelia (Ovibovini, Bovidae, Mammalia) in the Early Pleistocene of Italy

article

First record of Mesopithecus (Cercopithecidae, Colobinae) from the Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula.

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

First report of Lutra simplicidens (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Lutrinae) in the Early Pleistocene of the Upper Valdarno (Italy) and the origin of European otters

article

Fossil Macaca remains from RDB quarry (Villafranca d'Asti, Italy): new data and overview.

scientific article

Fossil elephants from Buia (Northern Afar Depression, Eritrea) with remarks on the systematics ofElephas recki(Proboscidea, Elephantidae)

Fossil remains of Macaca sylvanus florentina (Cocchi, 1872) (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Early Pleistocene of Quibas (Murcia, Spain).

scientific article published on 19 October 2011

Four legs bad, two legs good

scientific article published in Nature

Fragmentation of Neanderthals' pre-extinction distribution by climate change

scholarly article by Marina Melchionna published in May 2018

From Smart Apes to Human Brain Boxes. A Uniquely Derived Brain Shape in Late Hominins Clade

Genomic analyses of the extinct Sardinian dhole ( Cynotherium sardous ) reveal its evolutionary history

Gradual evolution in the African hunting dog lineage Systematic implications

scientific article published in 2003

Hippopotamid dispersal across the Mediterranean in the latest Miocene: a re-evaluation of the Gravitelli record (Sicily, Italy)

scientific article published in 2021

Hominoid evolution and environmental change in the Neogene of Europe: a European Science Foundation network.

scientific article

Inferring Fluvial Morphodynamics and Overbank Flow Control From 3D Outcrop Sections of A Pleistocene Point Bar, Dandiero Basin, Eritrea

Insights into the lower torso in late Miocene hominoid Oreopithecus bambolii

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Introduction

Isotopic reconstructions of habitat change surrounding the extinction of Oreopithecus, the last European ape.

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

Lands and endemic mammals in the Late Miocene of Italy: Constrains for paleogeographic outlines of Tyrrhenian area

article

Large mammal biochronology framework in Europe at Jaramillo: The Epivillafranchian as a formal biochron

scholarly article

Last Glacial mammals in South America: a new scenario from the Tarija Basin (Bolivia)

scientific article published on 19 December 2006

Late Miocene Mauremys (Testudines, Geoemydidae) from Tuscany (Italy): Evidence of terrapin persistence after a mammal turnover

article

Late Miocene insular mice from the Tusco-Sardinian palaeobioprovince provide new insights on the palaeoecology of the Oreopithecus faunas

scientific article published on 2 March 2011

Late Miocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Baccinello–Cinigiano Basin (Tuscany, central Italy) and new autoecological data on rare fossil fresh- to brackish-water ostracods

article

Late Neogene and Quaternary lagomorphs from Tuscany: a revision based on specimens in Basel Naturhistorisches Museum and Florence University collections

Late Pleistocene fossils and the future distribution of Rana temporaria (Amphibia, Anura) along the Apennine Peninsula (Italy)

article

Late Pleistocene survival of the saber-toothed catHomotheriumin northwestern Europe

Late Villafranchian Ursus etruscus and other large carnivorans from the Orce sites (Guadix-Baza basin, Andalusia, southern Spain): Taxonomy, biochronology, paleobiology, and ecogeographical context

scientific article

Lynx remains from the Pleistocene of Valdemino cave (Savona, Northwestern Italy), and the oldest occurrence of Lynx spelaeus (Carnivora, Felidae)

article

L’industrie lithique du site Pléistocène inférieur de Pirro Nord (Apricena, Italie du sud) : une occupation humaine entre 1,3 et 1,7Ma

MInOSSE: A new method to reconstruct geographic ranges of fossil species

scientific article published in 2020

Magnetostratigraphy of the Late Miocene Baccinello–Cinigiano basin (Tuscany, Italy) and the age of Oreopithecus bambolii faunal assemblages

article

Mesopithecus (Primates: Cercopithecoidea) from Villafranca d’Asti (Early Villafranchian; NW Italy) and palaeoecological context of its extinction

article

Modern macaque dietary heterogeneity assessed using stable isotope analysis of hair and bone

scientific article

Mustelids (Carnivora, Mammalia) from Monte Tuttavista fissure fillings (Early and Middle Pleistocene; Orosei, Sardinia): Taxonomy and evolution of the insular Sardinian Galictini

scholarly article

NEW DATA ON THE VERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE OF FIUME SANTO (NORTH-WEST SARDINIA, ITALY), AND OVERVIEW ON THE LATE MIOCENE TUSCO-SARDINIAN PALAEOBIOPROVINCE

article

Neogene mammalian successions and dispersals. Homage to Pierre Mein

scientific article published in 2011

New Human Remains of Archaic Homo sapiens and Lower Palaeolithic Industries from Visogliano (Duino Aurisina, Trieste, Italy)

article

New Pliocene Rhinocerotidae findings from the Iberian Peninsula and the revision of the Spanish Pliocene records

scientific article published in 2022

New data on the Early Villafranchian fauna from Vialette (Haute-Loire, France) based on the collection of the Crozatier Museum (Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France)

article

Northern Eurasian rhinocerotines (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) by the Pliocene–Pleistocene transition: phylogeny and historical biogeography

scientific article published in 2021

Occurrence of Theropithecus sp. in the Late Villafranchian of Southern Italy and implication for Early Pleistocene "out of Africa" dispersals

scientific article published in October 2004

Oreopithecus was a bipedal ape after all: evidence from the iliac cancellous architecture

scientific article

Palaeoenvironments of the Buia Homo site: High-resolution facies analysis and non-marine sequence stratigraphy in the Alat formation (Pleistocene Dandiero Basin, Danakil depression, Eritrea)

scientific article

Palaeogeographic significance of the giraffid remains (Mammalia, Arctiodactyla) from Cessaniti (Late Miocene, Southern Italy)

article

Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental context of the Early Pleistocene hominins from Dmanisi (Georgia, Lesser Caucasus) inferred from the herpetofaunal assemblage

scholarly article

Paleoecology, biochronology, and paleobiogeography of Eurasian Rhinocerotidae during the Early Pleistocene: The contribution of the fossil material from Dmanisi (Georgia, Southern Caucasus)

Pannonictis nestii (Galictinae, Mustelidae), a new element in the vertebrate association of the human site of Pirro Nord (Italy, Early Pleistocene)

scientific article

Past Extinctions of Homo Species Coincided with Increased Vulnerability to Climatic Change

scientific article published in 2020

Pleistocene environments and human presence in the middle Atbara valley (Khashm El Girba, Eastern Sudan)

scientific article published in 2010

Pleistocene paleosol development and paleoenvironmental dynamics in East Africa: A multiproxy record from the Homo -bearing Aalat pedostratigraphic succession, Dandiero basin (Eritrea)

article

Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia

scientific article

Re-Defining Canis etruscus (Canidae, Mammalia): A New Look into the Evolutionary History of Early Pleistocene Dogs Resulting from the Outstanding Fossil Record from Pantalla (Italy)

article

Recovering data from historical collections: stratigraphic and spatial reconstruction of the outstanding carnivoran record from the Late Pleistocene Equi cave (Apuane Alps, Italy)

article

Remarks on the skull morphology of the endangered Ethiopian jackal, Canis simensis Rappel 1838

Size matters: A comparative analysis of pig domestication

Stegotetrabelodon (Proboscidea, Elephantidae) from the late Miocene of southern Italy

article

Stratigraphic context and paleoenvironmental significance of minor taxa (Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Rodentia) from the late Early Pleistocene paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea).

scientific article published on 16 November 2012

Stratigraphic context and taxonomic assessment of the large cercopithecoid (Primates, Mammalia) from the late Early Pleistocene palaeoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea).

scientific article published on 9 September 2010

Systematic revision of hippopotamid remains from the Casino basin, Tuscany, Italy

Tapir remains in paralic depositsof Pliocene age in lower valdarno (Tuscany, Italy): Facies analysis and taphonomy

article

The African species Megantereon whitei from the Early Pleistocene of Monte Argentario (South Tuscany, Central Italy)

article

The Alano Section: The Candidate GSSP for the Priabonian Stage

The Early Messinian Velona basin (Siena, central Italy): paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographical reconstructions

article

The East Africa Oligocene intertrappean beds: Regional distribution, depositional environments and Afro/Arabian mammal dispersals

scholarly article

The Italian fossil primate record: Recent finds and their geological context

article

The Late Miocene hippopotamid, Archaeopotamus pantanellii nov. comb., from the Casino Basin (Tuscany, Italy): paleobiogeographic implications

The Mio-Pliocene European primate fossil record: dynamics and habitat tracking

scientific article published on November 2004

The Olduvai buffalo Pelorovis and the origin of Bos

article published in 2007

The Oreopithecus thumb: a strange case in hominoid evolution.

scientific article published in September 2005

The Pliocene-Pleistocene succession of Kvabebi (Georgia) and the background to the early human occupation of Southern Caucasus

scholarly article

The bony labyrinth of Oreopithecus bambolii

scientific article published in March 2004

The early hunting dog from Dmanisi with comments on the social behaviour in Canidae and hominins

scientific article published on 29 July 2021

The endocast of the one-million-year-old human cranium from Buia (UA 31), Danakil Eritrea

scientific article

The evolution of large mammal communities: beyond biochronology

The last Plio-Pleistocene hipparions of Western Eurasia. A review with remarks on their taxonomy, paleobiogeography and evolution

The last occurrence of Pleistocene megafauna in the Ecuadorian Andes

scientific article published in 1998

The late Early Pleistocene human dental remains from Uadi Aalad and Mulhuli-Amo (Buia), Eritrean Danakil: macromorphology and microstructure

scientific article

The late Early Pleistocene suid remains from the paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea): Systematics, biochronology and eco-geographical context

scholarly article by Tsegai Medin published in August 2015

The latest Early Pleistocene hippopotami from the human-bearing locality of Buia (Eritrea)

The latest European painted dog

The latest Miocene Rhinocerotidae from Sahabi (Libya)

scientific article published in 2019

The morphology of Oreopithecus bambolii pollical distal phalanx

scientific article

The ontogenetic pattern of Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich, 1928 revealed by a juvenile cranium from the one-million-years-old paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea)

scientific article published in 2022

The pioneering primatologist Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843-1923), and a Mesopithecus tooth from an unrecorded locality of Italy (?Casino Basin) in the Basel Naturhistorisches Museum

scholarly article

The remarkable Panthera pardus (Felidae, Mammalia) record from Equi (Massa, Italy): taphonomy, morphology, and paleoecology

article

The rodents from the Late Miocene Oreopithecus-bearing site of Fiume Santo (Sardinia, Italy)

article

The taxonomic status and biochronological implications of new finds ofOreopithecus from Baccinello (Tuscany, Italy)

article

The wide ranging genusEucyonTedford & Qiu, 1996 (Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae, Canini) in the Mio-Pliocene of the Old World

scientific article published in 2009

Unexpectedly rapid evolution of mandibular shape in hominins.

scientific article

Venturing out safely: The biogeography of Homo erectus dispersal out of Africa

scientific article

Villafranchian: The long story of a Plio-Pleistocene European large mammal biochronologic unit

scholarly article

List of works by Lorenzo Rook

A 450 million years long latitudinal gradient in age-dependent extinction

A comparative study of adult facial morphology and its ontogeny in the fossil macaque Macaca majori from Capo Figari, Sardinia, Italy

A comparative study of the Early Pleistocene carnivore guild from Dmanisi (Georgia)

A model for the Holocene extinction of the mammal megafauna in Ecuador

A new rhinocerotid (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the latest Miocene of Southern Italy

A new species of bull from the Early Pleistocene paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea): Parallelism on the dispersal of the genus Bos and the Acheulian culture

A new vertebrate fossiliferous site from the Late Quaternary at San José on the north coast of Ecuador: preliminary note

A one-million-year-old Homo cranium from the Danakil (Afar) Depression of Eritrea ⬇️

A one-million-year-old human pubic symphysis

A partial Homo pelvis from the Early Pleistocene of Eritrea

A thorny question: the taxonomic identity of the Pirro Nord cervical vertebrae revisited

Acinonyx pardinensis (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Early Pleistocene of Pantalla (Italy): predatory behavior and ecological role of the giant Plio–Pleistocene cheetah

African crocodylians in the Late Neogene of Europe: A revision of Crocodylus bambolii Ristori, 1890

Alilepus meini nov. sp. (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from the Early Messinian of Tuscany (central-western Italy)

An enigmatic giraffid from the latest Miocene of Italy: Taxonomy, affinity, and paleobiogeographic implications

An integrated study of the Homo -bearing Aalat stratigraphic section (Eritrea): An expanded continental record at the Early–Middle Pleistocene transition

An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy)

An overview on the Italian Miocene land mammal faunas

An updated review on Equus stenonis (Mammalia, Perissodactyla): New implications for the European early Pleistocene Equus taxonomy and paleoecology, and remarks on the Old World Equus evolution

Basel–Tuscany, a long-lasting link

Body size of insular carnivores: evidence from the fossil record

Carbon isotopic record of terrestrial ecosystems spanning the Late Miocene extinction of Oreopithecus bambolii, Baccinello Basin (Tuscany, Italy).

Celadensia grossetana nov. sp. (Cricetidae, Rodentia) from the late Turolian Baccinello-Cinigiano basin (Italy)

Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811) (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Equi (Late Pleistocene, Massa-Carrara, Italy): anatomical analysis and palaeoethological contextualisation

Dispersal of the Canini (Mammalia, Canidae: Caninae) across Eurasia during the Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene

Early Pleistocene enamel proteome from Dmanisi resolves Stephanorhinus phylogeny

Editorial: Evolving Virtual and Computational Paleontology

Enamel thickness and enamel growth in Oreopithecus: Combining microtomographic and histological evidence

Evidence of earliest human occurrence in Europe: the site of Pirro Nord (Southern Italy)

Evidence of hominid-like precision grip capability in the hand of the Miocene ape Oreopithecus

Evolution of Old World Equus and origin of the zebra-ass clade

Evolution of the Family Equidae, Subfamily Equinae, in North, Central and South America, Eurasia and Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene

Facies associations of the northern Dandiero Basin (Danakil depression, Eritrea, including the Pleistocene Buya homo site)

Feeding habits of extant and fossil canids as determined by their skull geometry

First European evidence for transcontinental dispersal ofCrocodylus(late Neogene of southern Italy)

First approach of the life history of Prolagus apricenicus (Ochotonidae, Lagomorpha) from Terre Rosse sites (Gargano, Italy) using body mass estimation and paleohistological analysis

First occurrence of Soergelia (Ovibovini, Bovidae, Mammalia) in the Early Pleistocene of Italy

First record of Mesopithecus (Cercopithecidae, Colobinae) from the Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula.

First report of Lutra simplicidens (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Lutrinae) in the Early Pleistocene of the Upper Valdarno (Italy) and the origin of European otters

Fossil Macaca remains from RDB quarry (Villafranca d'Asti, Italy): new data and overview.

Fossil elephants from Buia (Northern Afar Depression, Eritrea) with remarks on the systematics ofElephas recki(Proboscidea, Elephantidae)

Fossil remains of Macaca sylvanus florentina (Cocchi, 1872) (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Early Pleistocene of Quibas (Murcia, Spain).

Four legs bad, two legs good

Fragmentation of Neanderthals' pre-extinction distribution by climate change

From Smart Apes to Human Brain Boxes. A Uniquely Derived Brain Shape in Late Hominins Clade

Genomic analyses of the extinct Sardinian dhole ( Cynotherium sardous ) reveal its evolutionary history

Gradual evolution in the African hunting dog lineage Systematic implications

Hippopotamid dispersal across the Mediterranean in the latest Miocene: a re-evaluation of the Gravitelli record (Sicily, Italy)

Hominoid evolution and environmental change in the Neogene of Europe: a European Science Foundation network.

Inferring Fluvial Morphodynamics and Overbank Flow Control From 3D Outcrop Sections of A Pleistocene Point Bar, Dandiero Basin, Eritrea

Insights into the lower torso in late Miocene hominoid Oreopithecus bambolii

Introduction

Isotopic reconstructions of habitat change surrounding the extinction of Oreopithecus, the last European ape.

Lands and endemic mammals in the Late Miocene of Italy: Constrains for paleogeographic outlines of Tyrrhenian area

Large mammal biochronology framework in Europe at Jaramillo: The Epivillafranchian as a formal biochron

Last Glacial mammals in South America: a new scenario from the Tarija Basin (Bolivia)

Late Miocene Mauremys (Testudines, Geoemydidae) from Tuscany (Italy): Evidence of terrapin persistence after a mammal turnover

Late Miocene insular mice from the Tusco-Sardinian palaeobioprovince provide new insights on the palaeoecology of the Oreopithecus faunas

Late Miocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Baccinello–Cinigiano Basin (Tuscany, central Italy) and new autoecological data on rare fossil fresh- to brackish-water ostracods

Late Neogene and Quaternary lagomorphs from Tuscany: a revision based on specimens in Basel Naturhistorisches Museum and Florence University collections

Late Pleistocene fossils and the future distribution of Rana temporaria (Amphibia, Anura) along the Apennine Peninsula (Italy)

Late Pleistocene survival of the saber-toothed catHomotheriumin northwestern Europe

Late Villafranchian Ursus etruscus and other large carnivorans from the Orce sites (Guadix-Baza basin, Andalusia, southern Spain): Taxonomy, biochronology, paleobiology, and ecogeographical context

Lynx remains from the Pleistocene of Valdemino cave (Savona, Northwestern Italy), and the oldest occurrence of Lynx spelaeus (Carnivora, Felidae)

L’industrie lithique du site Pléistocène inférieur de Pirro Nord (Apricena, Italie du sud) : une occupation humaine entre 1,3 et 1,7Ma

MInOSSE: A new method to reconstruct geographic ranges of fossil species

Magnetostratigraphy of the Late Miocene Baccinello–Cinigiano basin (Tuscany, Italy) and the age of Oreopithecus bambolii faunal assemblages

Mesopithecus (Primates: Cercopithecoidea) from Villafranca d’Asti (Early Villafranchian; NW Italy) and palaeoecological context of its extinction

Modern macaque dietary heterogeneity assessed using stable isotope analysis of hair and bone

Mustelids (Carnivora, Mammalia) from Monte Tuttavista fissure fillings (Early and Middle Pleistocene; Orosei, Sardinia): Taxonomy and evolution of the insular Sardinian Galictini

NEW DATA ON THE VERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE OF FIUME SANTO (NORTH-WEST SARDINIA, ITALY), AND OVERVIEW ON THE LATE MIOCENE TUSCO-SARDINIAN PALAEOBIOPROVINCE

Neogene mammalian successions and dispersals. Homage to Pierre Mein

New Human Remains of Archaic Homo sapiens and Lower Palaeolithic Industries from Visogliano (Duino Aurisina, Trieste, Italy)

New Pliocene Rhinocerotidae findings from the Iberian Peninsula and the revision of the Spanish Pliocene records

New data on the Early Villafranchian fauna from Vialette (Haute-Loire, France) based on the collection of the Crozatier Museum (Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France)

Northern Eurasian rhinocerotines (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) by the Pliocene–Pleistocene transition: phylogeny and historical biogeography

Occurrence of Theropithecus sp. in the Late Villafranchian of Southern Italy and implication for Early Pleistocene "out of Africa" dispersals

Oreopithecus was a bipedal ape after all: evidence from the iliac cancellous architecture

Palaeoenvironments of the Buia Homo site: High-resolution facies analysis and non-marine sequence stratigraphy in the Alat formation (Pleistocene Dandiero Basin, Danakil depression, Eritrea)