Quality-controlled carbon-14 dates of steppe bison (Bison priscus) fossils

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posted on 2021-12-17, 06:10 authored by July PilowskyJuly Pilowsky, Sean HaythorneSean Haythorne, Stuart C. Brown, Mario Krapp, Edward Armstrong, Barry W. Brook, Carsten Rahbek, Damien A Fordham

We gathered carbon-14-dated fossil records of the steppe bison (Bison priscus) from open access databases, quality-scored them using Barnosky & Lindsey criteria, and retained the records rated "reliable." We then calibrated the carbon-14 dates using the IntCal13 curve in OxCal.