Isotopic evidence of foraging ecology of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in South China during the Late Pleistocene

Currently, knowledge of dietary preferences throughout the evolutionary history of the Asian elephant Elephas maximus is ambiguous due to the absence of quantified proxy from the Late Pleistocene. In this study, carbon and oxygen stable isotope analysis on the fossilized mammal teeth from the faunal assemblage recovered at Baxian Cave in Guangxi, South China was undertaken in order to reconstruct the dietary behavior and foraging ecology of...