The evolution of Vertebrates.
methodological part: identification of skeletal remains of mammals, birds, fish and other vertebrates in the Mediterranean area. Examination of the bones in order to identify the age of death, seasonality and sex. Relief of pathologies, measurements. Processing of the obtained data in order to recognize the physical characteristics of the species, and for the paleoclimatic and environmental reconstruction.
Historical part: The animal population in the Italian peninsula and Sardinia in the Quaternary, the influence of man on the fauna. The glaciations and insular problem.
Archaeozoology and Invertebrates