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Book SynopsisThe first remains of European sabre-toothed cats were discovered in 2012 at Schöningen, in Lower Saxony, Germany, where mankind’s oldest wooden weapons had been found. This volume addresses the various topics surrounding the European sabre-toothed cat, including the circumstances of their extinction, comparisons to extant big cats and their relationship to past humans. Big cats, especially sabre-toothed cats, are for many people the symbol of a dangerous predator. As a result of the discovery of the first remains of European sabre-toothed cats at the approximately 300,000 year old site of Schöningen., a two-day scientific workshop was held in there in 2015, titled »The Homotherium finds from Schöningen 13II-4 and big cats of the Ice Age«. This volume is based on the lectures of this workshop and presents an overview of a topic that is crucial for human development, our coexistence with big cats.
Table of ContentsHomotherium lvo Verheijen • Jordi Serangeli • Andre Ramcharan • Britt Starkovich • Thijs van Kolfschoten The Remains of the European Sabre-toothed Cat (Homotherium latidens) Found in the Spear Horizon at Schöningen (Germany) Mauricio Anton Behaviour of Homotherium in the Light of Modern African Big Cats Dick Mol • Bram W Langeveld On Remains of Homotherium from the Bottom of the North Sea between the British Isles and the Netherlands and their Stratigraphical Age Ross Barnett A Very British Sabretooth: Homotherium in the UK Extinction Ulrich Jager Ice Age Fauna in the Braunschweig Region, with a Focus on the Carnivores Aritza Villaluenga Biogeographic Analysis of Upper Pleistocene Felid (Fe/is, Lynx and Panthera) Remains in Archaeological Sites on the Iberian Peninsula Anthony J. Stuart The Extinction of Large Carnivores in Northern Eurasia Art Kurt Felix Hillgruber • Thomas Terberger Big Cats and Humans - Some Remarks on the Interaction with Big Cats in Prehistoric Art Nicolas Zenzen The Lion in Ancient Art - The Story of a Striking Success Modern Cats - Carnivores Ulrich Schmo/eke • Elena A. Nikulina Humans and their Relationship to Large Carnivores in Central Europe from Foragers to Modern Times: A Survey Clara Stefen The European Wildcat Fe/is silvestris - A Brief Review of Status and Research in Germany Fritz Jantschke Tiger and Man - The Difficult Co-Existence of Two Top Predators in India Klaus Muller-Schilling Breeding Conservation of Endangered Big Cats - The Example of Barbary Lions List of Contributors
