Research output per year
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, osteology, paleoecology and ecometrics. I work as an Academy of Finland research fellow at the department of geosciences and geography in the University of Helsinki. I'm a paleontologist and my main research topics involve exploring how functional traits of large herbivorous mammals (such as dental and postcranial bone traits, body size and diet) have chanced in different parts of the world during the last ca. 66 million years, and what the distribution of such traits in fossil mammal communities tells us about changes in climate and environments (e.g. vegetation). I also study the evolutionary history and fossil record of proboscideans and other large herbivorous mammals. As a Docent, I teach on many courses at the department of Geosciences and Geography, especially on courses of the Paleontology and Global Change master's programme, and I supervise Bachelor's, Master's and PhD theses. I also work as the coordinator of body mass estimate data in the NOW-database of fossil mammals.
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.
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Evolution of the Family Equidae, Subfamily Equinae, in North, Central and South America, Eurasia and Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene
Cirilli, O., Machado, H., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Barrón-Ortiz, C. I., Davis, E., Jass, C. N., Jukar, A. M., Landry, Z., Marín-Leyva, A. H., Pandolfi, L., Pushkina, D., Rook, L., Saarinen, J., Scott, E., Semprebon, G., Strani, F., Villavicencio, N. A., Kaya, F. & Bernor, R. L., Sep 2022, In: Biology. 11, 9, 61 p., 1258.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Mammalian body size evolution was shaped by habitat transitions as an indirect effect of climate change
Huang, S., Saarinen, J. J., Eyres, A., Eronen, J. T. & Fritz, S. A., Dec 2022, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31, 12, p. 2463-2474 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Palynological investigations in the Orce Archaeological Zone, Early Pleistocene of Southern Spain
Ochando, J., Carrión, J., Altolaguirre, Y., Munuera, M., Amoros, G., Jimenez-Moreno, G., Solano-Garcia, J., Barsky, D., Luzon, C., Sanchez-Bandera, C., Serrano-Ramos, A., Toro-Moyano, I., Saarinen, J., Blain, H-A., Bocherens, H., Oms, O., Agusti, J., Fortelius, M., Jimenez-Arenas, J. M. & Jiménez-Arenas, J. M., Sep 2022, In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 304, 25 p., 104725.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Species discovery and dental ecometrics: good news, bad news and recommendations for the future
Wilson, O. E., Fortelius, M. & Saarinen, J., 18 Apr 2022, In: Historical Biology. p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Unravelling Hominin Activities in the Zooarchaeological Assemblage of Barranco Leon (Orce, Granada, Spain)
Yravedra, J., Solano, J. A., Herranz-Rodrigo, D., Linares-Matas, G. J., Saarinen, J., Rodriguez-Alba, J. J., Titton, S., Serrano-Ramos, A., Courtenay, L. A., Mielgo, C., Luzon, C., Camara, J. M., Sanchez-Bandera, C., Montilla, E., Toro-Moyano, I., Barsky, D., Fortelius, M., Agusti, J., Blain, H-A., Oms, O., & 1 others, 28 Jun 2022, In: Journal of paleolithic archaeology. 5, 1, 33 p., 6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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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
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Best PhD thesis in Geosciences, years 2015-2016
Saarinen, Juha (Recipient), 16 Mar 2017
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Ilmasto ennen ihmistä – luonnollisten prosessien vaikutus ilmastoon viimeisen 56 miljoonaan vuoden aikana
Juha Saarinen (Speaker)
18 May 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Late Miocene Proboscidea from Cappadocia, Turkey, with new information on the paleoecology and adaptations of Late Miocene Eurasian Proboscidea
Juha Saarinen (Speaker)
28 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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VIII International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives
Juha Saarinen (Attendee)
25 Oct 2021 → 28 Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Natural History Museum, London
Juha Saarinen (Visiting researcher)
1 Nov 2021 → 2 Dec 2021Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
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Kayseri Science Center
Juha Saarinen (Visiting researcher)
6 Mar 2021 → 12 Mar 2021Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Press / Media
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The first inhabitants of the European continent, 1.5 million years ago, searched for areas rich in vegetation to survive
01/12/2021
1 Media contribution
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Lasten tiedekysymys: Miksei Suomesta ole löytynyt dinosaurusten fossiileita?
29/10/2021
1 Media contribution
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Environmental conditions of early humans in Europe
07/09/2021
1 Media contribution
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Study: Modern elephants survived ancient climate change, their relatives didn't
07/07/2021
1 Media contribution
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