Telomere-to-telomere Phragmites australis reference genome assembly with a B chromosome provides insights into its evolution and polysaccharide biosynthesis by Jipeng Cui, Rui Wang, Ruoqing Gu, Minghui Chen, Ziyao Wang, Li Li, Jianming Hong, Suxia Cui

“…An explosion of LTR-RTs, centered on the Copia family, occurred during the late Pleistocene, driving the expansion of P. australis genome size and subgenomic differentiation. …”
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Sur la biométrie des mandibules et des dents humaines d’Ishango (LSA, République démocratique du Congo) by Rosine Orban, Patrick Semal, François Twiesselmann

“…Taking into account the reduction of teeth and maxillaries since the australopithecines until Homo sapiens sapiens, bivariate analyses have led to the following observations: the mandibles D and a tend to be located among the higher values of the modern variation; some of their measurements (a.o. those of the ascending ramus) are close to those from the fossils of the Upper Paleolithic of Europe, of Fish Hoek, and of Gamble Cave; the Ishango a mandible is more robust than the D mandible; its molars are larger, in relative terms, than the other teeth of the toothrow; the M2 from Ishango A and a are located within the variability of the Plio-Pleistocene fossils from Africa and of the Homo erectus; the large dimensions of the M1 dental germ locate it among the Australopithecines. …”
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The first complete mitochondrial genome of Sumatran striped rabbit Nesolagus netscheri (Schlegel, 1880), and its phylogenetic relationship with other Leporidae by Dwi Sendi Priyono, Nayla Rafina, Tuty Arisuryanti, Indra Lesmana, Indra Yustian, Arum Setiawan

“…The study indicates a split between N. netscheri and N. timminsi in the Late Pleistocene around 0.43 million years ago. This research is a fundamental reference for the conservation of the rarest lagomorph species and provides important information for future evolutionary studies in the Leporidae family.…”
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EutherianCoP. An integrated biotic and climate database for conservation paleobiology based on eutherian mammals by Alessandro Mondanaro, Giorgia Girardi, Silvia Castiglione, Axel Timmermann, Elke Zeller, Thushara Venugopal, Carmela Serio, Marina Melchionna, Antonella Esposito, Mirko Di Febbraro, Pasquale Raia

“…Abstract We present a new database, EutherianCoP, of fossil mammals which lived globally from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene. The database includes 13,972 fossil occurrences of 786 extant or recently extinct placental mammal species, plus 155,198 current occurrences for those of them which survived to the present. …”
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Population Genetic Structure and Genetic Diversity in Twisted-Jaw Fish, Belodontichthys truncatus Kottelat & Ng, 1999 (Siluriformes: Siluridae), from Mekong Basin by Surapon Yodsiri, Komgrit Wongpakam, Adisak Ardharn, Chadaporn Senakun, Sutthira Khumkratok

“…Demographic history analysis indicated that B. truncatus has undergone recent demographic expansion dating back to the end of the Pleistocene glaciation.…”
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Integrating paleoparasitological, paleogenetic, and archaeological data to understand the paleoecological scenario of pre-Columbian archaeological site Gruta do Gentio II, Brazil by Ludmila Gurjão, Lorrayne Brito, Ondemar Dias, Jandira Neto, Alena Mayo Iñiguez

“…This is the first study in Brazil that identified both, parasites and species of animals in Pleistocene/Holocene producers of coprolites with geographical and temporal information. …”
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Characteristics of seismic strata in the southeast Zhoushan Archipelago (East China Sea) with emphasis on shallow gas by Bing Deng, Junbing Chen

“…The strata in the area were divided into three geological units: Holocene fine-grained neritic facies muddy strata, Late-Pleistocene coarse-grained fluvial or lacustrine facies sandy strata, and bedrock. …”
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Characteristics and paleoclimate significance of authigenic ferrimagnetic minerals in the Xuancheng red earth, southern China by Daqian Zhang, Zhenggang Duan, Jiangjun Chen, Jingrong Wang, Gubu Muga, Yunqi Yang, Yiming Wang, Zhendong Liu, Thomas J. Algeo, Hanlie Hong, Lian Zhou, Ke Yin

“…Upsection within the Xuancheng QRE, the content of authigenic ferrimagnetic minerals gradually increases, as revealed by SIRM and SIRM/χ, indicating a decrease in weathering intensity as the regional climate evolved from warm and wet in the middle Pleistocene to relatively cooler and drier today. Thus, this study improves our understanding of the relationship between soil magnetic properties and paleoclimate evolution in QRE deposits.…”
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Assessing the Geological Environment Resilience Under Seawater Intrusion Hazards: A Case Study of the Coastal Area of Shenzhen City by Dong Su, Jinwei Zhou, Maolong Huang, Wenlong Han, Aiguo Li, Enzhi Wang, Xiangsheng Chen

“…Compared to completely weathered granite, Pleistocene fluvial plain sediments are more susceptible to SWI effects in freshwater environments. …”
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Integrating phylogeographic and phenotypic evidence to delimit deep evolutionary lineages in the Dryophytes japonicus species complex, with an assessment of their conservation need... by Amaël Borzée, Yikweon Jang, Siti N. Othman, Jordy Groffen, Irina V. Maslova, Zoljargal Purevdorj, Kiyomi Yasumiba, Tomohiko Shimada, Yoonjung Yi, Natalya Alekseevna Schepina, Desiree Andersen, Yoonhyuk Bae, Ikuo Miura, Christophe Dufresnes

“…According to the mitochondrial data, each species is further divided into two subclades of Pleistocene age that display differences in morphological and call properties that may represent candidate subspecies: D. j. japonicus in southwestern Japan and D. j. stepheni on the Asian mainland and two unnamed lineages in Central and Northern Japan for D. cf. japonicus. …”
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Genetic differentiation and historical dynamics of the endemic species Rheum pumilum on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau inferred from phylogeography implications by Shuliang Liu, Jianxin Gao, Bo Xiao, Wenjie Guo, Qiushi Yu, Ailan Wang, Weiwei Li

“…Haplotype divergence of Rh. pumilum approximately 11 million years ago, with notable divergence peaks observed during the late Miocene, as well as the Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene. Conclusion These findings suggest a correlation between genetic diversity, haplotype lineage divergence and key geological and climatic events, notably the uplift of the QTP, monsoon climate changes, and the climatic oscillations during the Quaternary ice ages. …”
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The Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) population genetic structure in Russia by E. A. Mudrik, Е. I. Ilyashenko, О. А. Goroshko, T. A. Kashentseva, М. V. Korepov, I. A. Sikorskiy, G. S. Dzhamirzoev, V. Yu. Ilyashenko, D. V. Politov

“…These data indicate more stable conditions for the Demoiselle crane breeding groups in the steppe zone in Pleistocene as compared to boreal and subarctic breeding grounds of other crane species.…”
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Ocean warming, icebergs, and productivity in the Gulf of Alaska during the Last Interglacial by Maria Luisa Sánchez Montes, Maria Luisa Sánchez Montes, Erin L. McClymont, Hirofumi Asahi, Joseph Stoner, Christopher M. Moy, Sophie Gleghorn, Jerry M. Lloyd

“…The Pacific Ocean is an important region for carbon storage, yet the past ocean–climate interactions are relatively underexplored in explaining glacial/interglacial climate variability during the late Pleistocene re-expansion of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet (CIS). …”
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Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago by Julio Mercader, Pamela Akuku, Nicole Boivin, Alfredo Camacho, Tristan Carter, Siobhán Clarke, Arturo Cueva Temprana, Julien Favreau, Jennifer Galloway, Raquel Hernando, Haiping Huang, Stephen Hubbard, Jed O. Kaplan, Steve Larter, Stephen Magohe, Abdallah Mohamed, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Ayoola Oladele, Michael Petraglia, Patrick Roberts, Palmira Saladié, Abel Shikoni, Renzo Silva, María Soto, Dominica Stricklin, Degsew Z. Mekonnen, Wenran Zhao, Paul Durkin

“…This adaptability likely facilitated the expansion of Homo erectus into the arid regions of Africa and Eurasia, redefining their role as ecological generalists thriving in some of the most challenging landscapes of the Middle Pleistocene.…”
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Genome skimming provides evidence to accept two new genera (Apiaceae) separated from the Peucedanum s.l. by Bo-Ni Song, Chang-Kun Liu, Chang-Kun Liu, Jiao-Jiao Deng, Wei-Yan Tan, Song-Dong Zhou, Xing-Jin He

“…Furthermore, molecular dating analysis showed that the diversification of clades A and B occurred in the early Pleistocene and late Pliocene, respectively, which may have been driven by the complex geological and climate shifts of these periods. …”
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Zooarchaeological investigation of the Hoabinhian exploitation of reptiles and amphibians in Thailand and Cambodia with a focus on the Yellow-headed Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata... by Bochaton, Corentin, Chantasri, Sirikanya, Maneechote, Melada, Claude, Julien, Griggo, Christophe, Naksri, Wilailuck, Forestier, Hubert, Sophady, Heng, Auertrakulvit, Prasit, Bowonsachoti, Jutinach, Zeitoun, Valéry

“…In order to initiate a new approach to the study of past human-turtle interactions in Southeast Asia, we propose an in-depth zooarchaeological analysis of turtle bone remains recovered from four Hoabinhian Hunter-gatherer archaeological assemblages located in Thailand and Cambodia, dating from the Late Pleistocene to the first half of the Holocene. Our study focuses on the bone remains attributed to the Yellow-headed Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) as it is the most represented taxon in archaeological assemblages in the region of study. …”
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Introducing ‘trident’: a graphical interface for discriminating groups using dental microwear texture analysis by Thiery, Ghislain, Francisco, Arthur, Louail, Margot, Berlioz, Emilie, Blondel, Cécile, Brunetière, Noël, Ramdarshan, Anusha, Walker, Axelle EC, Merceron, Gildas

“…The third case study investigates the dental microwear textures of four extant ruminants to infer the diet of an extinct antelope from the Pleistocene of Greece. These case studies show how trident can leverage dental microwear texture analysis results.…”
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CRYO-NIVAL MODELING SYSTEM. CASE STUDY: BUCEGI MOUNTAINS AND FĂGĂRAŞ MOUNTAINS by ALEXANDRU NEDELEA, RĂZVAN OPREA, FLORIN ACHIM, LAURA COMĂNESCU

“…Le climat actuel des prairies alpines est plus doux que celui pléistocène, quand les glaciers aient occupé les origines des vallées de ces massifs, mais en comparaison avec cela des surfaces plus basses, il est pourtant rude et humide, défavorable au développementdes forêts. …”
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