Prateek Chakraborty

• Ph. D
• Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute

The present paper is an announcement of first absolute age dating directly on fossilized bones and teeth of the Pleistocene mammalian fauna from the Manjra valley, District Latur, Maharashtra, India. The fossilized samples were measured using the AMS facility at Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, India. The results gave the time frame...

Understanding global patterns of late Quaternary megafaunal extinction is impeded by geographic variation in data quality and quantity. The magnitude, timing and drivers of megafaunal extinctions remain poorly understood for India, a region with a strong history of palaeontological research. We review available data for all putative extinct Indian...

The microstructural features of the tissue of long bones subjected to different biomechanical stresses could be a helpful tool for a better understanding of locomotor behavior in extant and extinct mammals, including equids. However, few researches have attempted to describe the bone tissue of extinct horses. In our study, we analyze and compare th...

Bone Histology, particularly the study of osteon morphology and morphometry is used extensively by palaeontologists to reconstruct pre-mortem conditions in large vertebrates. The skeletal system is dynamic and undergoes modification throughout an animal’s life cycle in response to various physical and environmental stimuli, most notably in the remo...

A brief overview in the applications of Bone histology in the analysis of ancient and extinct fauna, using examples of domestic animals from Europe and South Asia.