Palaeoecology and human migrations in the Quaternary: an approach from the phylogeography of hippopotamidae
During most of the Quaternary, the evolution and dispersal of hominins has been strongly influenced by environmental factors, especially by the availability of resources and the configuration of climate and ecosystems. In this context, the present PhD thesis explores the potential of hippopotamuses...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2026 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/131953 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/131953 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 569.73(043.2) Hippopotamidae Palaeoecology Quaternary Hipopotámidos Paleoecología Cuaternario Ecología (Biología) Evolución Paleontología 2416 Paleontología |
| Sumario: | During most of the Quaternary, the evolution and dispersal of hominins has been strongly influenced by environmental factors, especially by the availability of resources and the configuration of climate and ecosystems. In this context, the present PhD thesis explores the potential of hippopotamuses (especially the genus Hippopotamus) as model taxa for the reconstruction of ecological and biogeographical dynamics to better understand the scenarios in which human evolution and dispersal took place. The used analyses combine the systematic review of the fossil record, the study of unpublished palaeontological assemblages, the application of virtual methodologies (such as 3D geometric morphometrics), and the analysis of stable isotopes and dental pathologies. With this multidisciplinary approach, progress has been made in the characterisation of phylogeographic, morphological and ecological patterns of hippopotamus populations during the Quaternary, generating an integrative synthesis with the available palaeoanthropological and archaeological information... |
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