Emilia Hofman-Kamińska

My research concerns the foraging ecology and palaeoecology of large herbivorous mammals from the late Pleistocene to the present day. In  my doctoral project, I studied the changes in habitat use and diet of the European bison (Bison bonasus), the aurochs (Bos primigenius) and the moose (Alces alces) in Central and Eastern Europe during the Holocene. This study was the first in Europe such extensive analysis of the environmental use and foraging ecology of large herbivorous mammals on a geographical (covering 14 countries) and temporal scale (from the beginning of the Holocene to the present day), based on the bones and teeth of the studied species. In my research, I used the most modern methods of analyzing the content of stable isotopes in the collagen of animal bones and three-dimensional dental microwear texture analysis (3D-DMTA). Currently, I am managing a research project aimed at examining patterns of the habitat use and diet of the steppe bison Bison priscus in the gradient of major vegetation units in the late Pleistocene in Eurasia.