Browsing University Museum of Bergen by Author "Tocheri, Matthew W."
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Late Pleistocene songbirds of Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia); the first fossil passerine fauna described from Wallacea
Meijer, Hanneke; Due, Rokus Awe; Sutikna, Thomas; Saptomo, Wahyu; Jatmiko, Jatmiko; Wasisto, Sri; Tocheri, Matthew W.; Mayr, Gerald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-17)Background: Passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) dominate modern terrestrial bird communities yet their fossil record is limited. Liang Bua is a large cave on the Indonesian island of Flores that preserves Late Pleistocene–Holocene ... -
More bones of Leptoptilos robustus from Flores reveal new insights into giant marabou stork paleobiology and biogeography
Meijer, Hanneke Johanna Maria; Sutikna, Thomas; Wahyu Saptomo, Saptomo; Tocheri, Matthew W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) has yielded remains of a faunal community that included small-bodied and small-brained hominins, dwarf proboscideans, Komodo dragons, vultures and giant marabou storks (Leptoptilos robustus). ... -
Why did the chicken cross the Wallace Line? Archaeological evidence suggests human-mediated dispersal of Gallus to Flores first occurred at least ~2.25 ka cal. BP
Meijer, Hanneke Johanna Maria; Walker, Samuel James; Sutikna, Thomas; Saptomo, E. Wahyu; Tocheri, Matthew W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Domesticated chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) are a dominant part of the global human diet. Although the early domestication history of this species remains disputed, Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA) is assumed to have ...