Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison
- B. Shapiro, A. Drummond, A. Cooper
- Environmental Science, GeographyScience
- 26 November 2004
A detailed genetic history of bison throughout the late Pleistocene and Holocene epochs is reconstructed using ancient DNA and Bayesian techniques to reconstruct a large diverse population living throughout Beringia until around 37,000 years before the present, when the population's genetic diversity began to decline dramatically.
Spatial Response of Mammals to Late Quaternary Environmental Fluctuations
- R. Graham, E. Lundelius, M. Wilson
- Geography, Environmental ScienceScience
- 14 June 1996
Analyses of fossil mammal faunas from 2945 localities in the United States demonstrate that the geographic ranges of individual species shifted at different times, in different directions, and at…
Late Pleistocene northward-dispersing Bison antiquus from the Bighill Creek Formation, Gallelli Gravel Pit, Alberta, Canada, and the fate of Bison occidentalis
- M. Wilson, L. Hills, B. Shapiro
- Geology
- 1 July 2008
Late Pleistocene bison skeletal remains from the Gallelli Gravel Pit in the Bighill Creek Formation at Calgary, Alberta, document at least two individuals, including the largest postglacial bison…
Late Pleistocene butchered Bison antiquus from Ayer Pond, Orcas Island, Pacific Northwest: Age confirmation and taphonomy
- Stephen M. Kenady, M. Wilson, R. Schalk, R. Mierendorf
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 15 March 2011
Stenonychosaurus inequalis(Saurischia: Theropoda) from the Judith River (Oldman) Formation of Alberta: new findings on metatarsal structure
A partial foot of Stenonychosaurus from the Judith River (Oldman) Formation, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, shows features in the metatarsus that have not previously been recognized. These…
Warmings in the far northwestern Pacific promoted pre-Clovis immigration to America during Heinrich event 1: Comment COMMENT
[Sarnthein et al. (2006)][1] suggest Late Pleistocene climatic forcing of New World peopling via Beringia, but pre-Clovis archaeological site dates remain debatable and American midcontinent dates…
Late Wisconsinan Port Eliza Cave deposits and their implications for human coastal migration, Vancouver Island, Canada
- M. Al-Suwaidi, B. Ward, R. Enkin
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 1 April 2006
Sediments of Port Eliza Cave provide a record of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) on Vancouver Island that has important implications for human migration along the debated coastal migration route.…
Late Pleistocene Bison antiquus from Orcas Island, Washington, and the biogeographic importance of an early postglacial land mammal dispersal corridor from the mainland to Vancouver Island
- M. Wilson, Stephen M. Kenady, R. Schalk
- Environmental Science, GeographyQuaternary Research
- 1 January 2009
Paraglacial origin for terraced river sediments in Bow Valley, Alberta
- L. Jackson, G. MacDonald, M. Wilson
- Geology
- 1 December 1982
Fluvial terraces flank the course of the Bow River for 100 km from the eastern margin of the Rocky Mountain Front Ranges to Calgary and beyond. The terraces are cut predominantly in gravel fill,…
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