Biostratigraphic significance of the root vole (Alexandromys oeconomus) for dating late Middle and early Late Pleistocene (MIS 8-MIS 3) Neanderthal sites in southern Poland

Variability in Sizes and Microstructure of Tooth Enamel at Different Ontogenetic Stages (By the Example of Alexandromys Oeconomus (Pallas 1776))

“…Среднее значение SDQ для объединенной выборки исследованных зубов Alexandromys oeconomus -71.85, что существенно меньше значения SDQ (> 90) выборки современных зубов этого вида с территории Польши (клада «Центральная Европа») [11]. Возможно, что высокая степень дифференциации эмали является показателем более суровых климатических условий.…”

Microvertebrate studies in archaeological contexts: Middle Paleolithic to early Holocene past environments

“…The first paper (Lemanik et al 2022) shows that variations in the morphology of the first lower molars (m1) in the tundra vole (Alexandromys oeconomus) are a useful tool to biostratigraphic inferences for Neanderthals sites from the The second paper (Rey-Rodríguez et al 2022) presents environmental and climatic inferences based on the rodent assemblages of the southern Caucasus Azokh cave, which contains evidence of middle to late Pleistocene hominins from Homo heidelbergensis to Homo sapiens. Applying the bioclimatic model for climatic inferences and the habitat weighting method for environmental inferences, this manuscript shows that throughout the Azokh cave sequence, the paleoclimate and paleoenvironment were favorable for human presence.…”