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February 12, 2026
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Multidisciplinary approach to Mammuthus meridionalis from the late-Early Pleistocene archaeological site of Barranc de la Boella (Tarragona, North-East Iberia)

Publicated to: HISTORICAL BIOLOGY. - 2025-09-18 (), DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2025.2551767

Authors:

Fidalgo D; Rosas A; Pineda A; Ramírez-Pedraza I; Ros-Montoya S; Rodríguez de la Fuente D; López-Polín L; Gómez-Morgado L; Martínez-Navarro B; Moreno-Ribas E; García-Tabernero A; Huguet R; Ollé A; Vallverdú J; Saladié P
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ICREA, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Paleoecol Humana & Evolucio Social IPH, Tarragona, Spain - Author
Museo Nacl Ciencias Nat CSIC, Dept Palaeobiol, St Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid 28006, Spain - Author
Museo Nacl Ciencias Nat CSIC, Dept Palaeobiol, Unit Associated CSIC, Madrid, Spain - Author
Museum Natl Hist Nat, Dept Homme & Environm, Paris, France - Author
Univ Leon, Dept Biodivers & Gest Ambiental, Area Antropol Fis, Leon, Spain - Author
Univ Malaga, Dept Ecol & Geol, Malaga, Spain - Author
Univ Rovira i Virgili, Dept Hist & Hist Art, Tarragona, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Proboscideans have been used as a keystone in Quaternary palaeoecology and biostratigraphy studies throughout Europe, with genera such as Mammuthus and Palaeoloxodon widely represented in their fossil record. This study presents a multidisciplinary analysis of proboscidean remains from the late-Early Pleistocene site of Barranc de la Boella (Tarragona, Iberian Peninsula; 1.07-0.87 Ma), offering new insights into their biochronology, palaeoecology and human interactions. The fossil assemblages includes several fossils attributed to Mammuthus meridionalis advanced form, based on biometric, morphological and Schreger angle analyses. Stable carbon isotope (delta 1 3 C) data in the enamel indicate a diet related to C3 grasslands under a Mediterranean climate, consistent with previous palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Taphonomic evidence reinforces the published idea of an archaeological context with anthropogenic processing of a mammoth carcass, including cut marks and spatial association with Acheulean lithic tools. In addition, carnivore modifications suggest the hyenas activity. These findings underline the ecological importance of proboscideans in Early Pleistocene ecosystems and provide decisive evidence for human-megafaunal interactions during the early Acheulean dispersal in Europe. The study reinforces the importance of Mammuthus meridionalis as a palaeoenvironmental and biochronological proxy and contributes to broader debates on the role of large herbivores in Pleistocene ecosystems.
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Keywords

AcheuleanDispersalDr diego lombaoElephant-carcassEuropeGreeceMammoth evolutionMarathousa 1MiddlePalaeoecologyPalaeoloxodon-antiquusPaleontological siteProboscideaProboscideansQuaternarySpainUniversidad de santiago de compostela

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal HISTORICAL BIOLOGY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Miscellaneous).

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-06:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 2
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-06:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 10.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 10 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 15.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: France.

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Awards linked to the item

The authors would like to thank the editorial team of Historical Biology, as well as the work of the two anonymous reviewers, who have helped significantly to improve the final version of this manuscript. This research has been funded by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion, PID2021-122356NB-I00 and PID2021-122355NB-C32 funded by MCIN/AEI and by "ERDF A way of making Europe". Financial support was also received from Generalitat de Catalunya, AGAUR Agency (SGR2021-01237, SGR2021-01238 and SGR2021-01239 research groups), from Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2023PFR-URV-01239) and PAIDI research group RMN-456 (Junta de Andalucia). The Barranc de la Boella fieldwork was supported by Ajuntament de la Canonja and by Departament de Cultura of Generalitat de Catalunya (CLT009/22/000024). Research was developed within the frame of the projects PID 2021-122355NB-C32 (Spanish MICINN-FEDER), SGR 2021-01239 (Catalan AGAUR), and 2022PFR-URV-64 (URV). D.F. issupported by the Ayuda del Programa de Formacion de Profesorado Universitario (FPU20/03389) and is a Ph.D. student at the Programa de Doctorado en Biologia at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. The stable isotope analyses have been possible thanks to funding from the Palarq Foundation. A.P. was supported by the LATEUROPE project (Grant agreement ID 101052653) that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's HORIZON1.1 research program.
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