Instytut Nauk Geologicznych

Sea‐level highstand recorded in the Last Interglacial shallow marine deposits from the Tangier region, Morocco

ABSTRACT The Moroccan coast provides valuable insight into how large‐scale climate and sea‐level variations have manifested themselves at the regional level. In this paper, we present new findings from shallow marine deposits in the Achakkar Basin near Tangier, Morocco. Data from...

Accelerated erosion of the Eastern European Alps since ~ 3 Ma: a response to climatic cooling?

Global cooling and repeated glaciations during the late Cenozoic are inferred to have altered the topography of many mountain belts by enhancing the rates of erosion and valley incision. However, quantifying these changes in erosion rate and local relief has proven challenging. I...

Direct evidence for scavenging as a primary feeding strategy in Pliocrocuta, an extinct genus of bone-cracking hyaenas

Abstract The carnivoran family Hyaenidae exhibits a complex evolutionary history of diverse trophic adaptations, including the consumption of almost entire carcasses, either predated or scavenged. The associated durophagy peaked within the subfamily Hyaeninae in a clade of ‘fully...