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Florent Rivals is affiliated with Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, focusing on research intersecting Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences. Their extensive work contributes notably to the fields of Paleontology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Ecology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to Pleistocene-Era hominins, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, as well as evolution and paleontology studies. Their research also touches on wildlife ecology and conservation, geology and paleoclimatology research, and primate behavior and ecology.

Florent Rivals' recent publications include:

  • The impact of sediment abrasion on tooth microwear analysis: an experimental study (2021, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences)
  • Examining Neanderthal and carnivore occupations of Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain) using archaeostratigraphic and intra-site spatial analysis (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Neanderthals in a highly diverse, mediterranean-Eurosiberian forest ecotone: The pleistocene pollen record of Teixoneres Cave, northeastern Spain (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Neanderthal mobile toolkit in short-term occupations at Teixoneres Cave (Moia, Spain) (2020, Journal of Archaeological Science Reports)
  • Neanderthal faunal exploitation and settlement dynamics at the Abri du Maras, level 5 (south-eastern France) (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Ruth Blasco
  • Jordi Rosell
  • Anna Rufà
  • Iván Ramírez-Pedraza
  • M. Gema Chacón

Florent Rivals' publications appear regularly in key scientific journals and repositories, with multiple contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

Best Publications

  • Dietary Change and Evolution of Horses in North America

    Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Florent Rivals;Nikos Solounias;Nikos Solounias;Gina M. Semprebon

  • Evidence for geographic variation in the diets of late Pleistocene and early Holocene Bison in North America, and differences from the diets of recent Bison

    Florent Rivals;Nikos Solounias;Nikos Solounias;Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Matthew C. Mihlbachler

  • Was grass more prevalent in the pronghorn past? An assessment of the dietary adaptations of Miocene to Recent Antilocapridae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)

    Gina M. Semprebon;Florent Rivals

  • EFFECT OF ONTOGENETIC-AGE DISTRIBUTION IN FOSSIL AND MODERN SAMPLES ON THE INTERPRETATION OF UNGULATE PALEODIETS USING THE MESOWEAR METHOD

    Florent Rivals;Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Nikos Solounias

  • Palaeoecology of the Mammoth Steppe fauna from the late Pleistocene of the North Sea and Alaska: Separating species preferences from geographic influence in paleoecological dental wear analysis

    Florent Rivals;Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Nikos Solounias;Nikos Solounias;Dick Mol

  • Les faunes de grands mammifères de la Caune de l'Arago (Tautavel) dans le cadre biochronologique des faunes du Pléistocène moyen italien

    Anne-Marie Moigne;Maria Rita Palombo;Véronique Belda;Djamila Heriech-Briki

  • Dietary flexibility and niche partitioning of large herbivores through the Pleistocene of Britain

    Florent Rivals;Adrian M. Lister

  • Trends in the paleodietary habits of fossil camels from the Tertiary and Quaternary of North America

    Gina M. Semprebon;Florent Rivals

  • An examination of dietary diversity patterns in Pleistocene proboscideans (Mammuthus, Palaeoloxodon, and Mammut) from Europe and North America as revealed by dental microwear

    Florent Rivals;Gina Semprebon;Adrian Lister

  • Palaeoecology of Neanderthals during Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles in northeastern Iberia (Abric Romaní): From regional to global scale

    Francesc Burjachs;Juan Manuel López-García;Ethel Allué;Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  • Investigation of equid paleodiet from Schöningen 13 II-4 through dental wear and isotopic analyses: Archaeological implications.

    Florent Rivals;Florent Rivals;Marie-Anne Julien;Marie-Anne Julien;Marie-Anne Julien;Margot Kuitems;Thijs Van Kolfschoten

  • A zooarchaeological contribution to establish occupational patterns at Level J of Abric Romaní (Barcelona, Spain)

    Jordi Rosell;Isabel Cáceres;Ruth Blasco;María Bennàsar

  • Dietary plasticity in ungulates: Insight from tooth microwear analysis

    Florent Rivals;Gina M. Semprebon

  • Late and middle Pleistocene ungulates dietary diversity in Western Europe indicate variations of Neanderthal paleoenvironments through time and space

    Florent Rivals;Ellen Schulz;Thomas M. Kaiser

  • Seasonality and intra-site variation of Neanderthal occupations in the Middle Palaeolithic locality of Payre (Ardèche, France) using dental wear analyses

    Florent Rivals;Marie-Hélène Moncel;Marylène Patou-Mathis

  • Puzzling out a palimpsest: Testing an interdisciplinary study in level O of Abric Romaní

    Amèlia Bargalló;Maria Joana Gabucio;Florent Rivals

  • Dietary interpretation and paleoecology of herbivores from Pikermi and Samos (late Miocene of Greece)

    Nikos Solounias;Florent Rivals;Gina M. Semprebon

  • Middle Pleistocene ecology and Neanderthal subsistence: insights from stable isotope analyses in Payre (Ardèche, southeastern France).

    Michaela Ecker;Hervé Bocherens;Marie-Anne Julien;Marie-Anne Julien;Florent Rivals

  • Large carnivores as taphonomic agents of space modification: an experimental approach with archaeological implications

    Edgard Camarós;Marián Cueto;Luis C. Teira;Jesus Tapia

  • A new application of dental wear analyses: estimation of duration of hominid occupations in archaeological localities.

    Florent Rivals;Ellen Schulz;Thomas M. Kaiser

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth Blasco
Ruth Blasco Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution
Jordi Rosell
Jordi Rosell Rovira i Virgili University
Nikos Solounias
Nikos Solounias New York Institute of Technology
Marie-Hélène Moncel
Marie-Hélène Moncel National Museum of Natural History
Ethel Allué
Ethel Allué Rovira i Virgili University
Hugues-Alexandre Blain
Hugues-Alexandre Blain Rovira i Virgili University
Palmira Saladié
Palmira Saladié Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution
Hervé Bocherens
Hervé Bocherens University of Tübingen
Eudald Carbonell
Eudald Carbonell Rovira i Virgili University
Adrian M. Lister
Adrian M. Lister Natural History Museum

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