Research Output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Mammal ecomorphology and osteology, fossil recognition and Pleistocene mammal faunas
Description of research and teaching
Mammal ecomorphology and osteology, fossil recognition, Pleistocene mammal faunas
Fields of Science
- 1171 Geosciences
- 117 Geography, Environmental sciences
- Paleontology and Paleoecology
- Neogene mammal communities
- paleoecology
- body size
- mesowear
- Pleistocene
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
Palaeodietary traits of large mammals from the middle Miocene of Gracanica (Bugojno Basin, Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Xafis, A., Saarinen, J., Bastl, K., Nagel, D. & Grimsson, F., Jun 2020, In : Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 100, 2, p. 457-477 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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A Humboldtian approach to life and climate of the geological past: Estimating palaeotemperature from dental traits of mammalian communities
Oksanen, O., Zliobaite, I., Saarinen, J., Lawing, A. M. & Fortelius, M., Aug 2019, In : Journal of Biogeography. 46, 8, p. 1760-1776 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Stable isotopic and mesowear reconstructions of paleodiet and habitat of the Middle and Late Pleistocene mammals in south-western Germany
Pushkina, D., Saarinen, J., Ziegler, R. & Bocherens, H., 1 Jan 2019, In : Quaternary Science Reviews. 227, 1, 11 p., 106026.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
The Palaeontology of Browsing and Grazing
Saarinen, J., Nov 2019, The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing II. 1 ed. Springer, p. 5-59 54 p. (Ecological Studies; vol. 239, no. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Dental ecometrics of tropical Africa: linking vegetation types and communities of large plant-eating mammals
Zliobaite, I., Tang, H., Saarinen, J., Fortelius, M., Rinne, J. & Rannikko, J. C., Mar 2018, In : Evolutionary Ecology Research. 19, 2, p. 127-147 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
- 1 Active
Behavioural and morphological adaptation to environmental change: the example of African Neogene to Quaternary Proboscidea
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2021
Project: Research project
Prizes
Best PhD thesis in Geosciences, years 2015-2016
Saarinen, Juha (Recipient), 16 Mar 2017
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, AHİ EVRAN UNVERSITY
Juha Saarinen (Visiting researcher)
9 Oct 2019 → 10 Oct 2019
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Proboscidean diets, dental evolution and paleoenvironments in the Miocene of East Africa
Juha Saarinen (Speaker)
5 Jun 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Natural History Museum, London
Juha Saarinen (Visiting researcher)
21 May 2019 → 3 Jun 2019
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Granada archaeological museum
Juha Saarinen (Visiting researcher)
10 Jul 2019 → 11 Jul 2019
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Uganda Museum, Kampala
Juha Saarinen (Visiting researcher)
5 Nov 2019 → 18 Nov 2019
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Press / Media
Prehistoric teeth unlock clues to mammoth diets
31/10/2016
1 Media contribution
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Marja teki 56 vuotta sitten perunapellolta ”hirmuisen” löydön – luupalan mysteeri selvisi vasta nyt
27/04/2016
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Vuosikymmeniä autotallissa lojunut "mammutin luu" paljastui yli 5 miljoonaa vuotta vanhaksi
26/04/2016
1 Media contribution
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Suomusjärvellä pihatöitä tehnyt nainen löysi miljoonia vuosia vanhan norsueläimen luun – ja unohti löydön vuosikymmeniksi autotalliin
26/04/2016
1 Media contribution
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