We present the first formal report on the squamate assemblage from Parque

Here are described syncranial and postcranial fragments of the holartic ungulates Tayassu pecari (Link), Tapirus terrestris Linnaeus, Mazama Rafi nesque, Tayassuidae indet., and Cervidae indet., from the Gruta do Urso Fossil, Ubajara National Park, Northwest of the State of Ceará, Brazil. The majority of the material was collected on surface of different levels of the cave, except for specimens from the Sala da Entrada portion of the cave, which were collected in subsurface layers at 0.40 m and 0.50 m. These latter points, dated through the thermoluminescence method, indicated 8,000 and 8,200 years BP, respectively. The presence of T. pecari and T. terrestris suggest a forested environment and a humid climate; whereas Mazama may also inhabit other environments. The scarcity and/or disappearance of T. pecari and T. terrestris in the northern region of the State of Ceará could be related to anthropic reasons associated to climate and environmental changes during the late Quaternary. This seems to be corroborated by the current fauna indicating a semiarid (Caatinga) environment. The presence of Mazama however, suggests that this change has not occurred drastically.

This paper deals with xenarthrans osteoderms assigned to Dasypus aff. D. novemcinctus, Euphractus sexcinctus and Cabassous sp. The material was collected in subsurface, from 0.10 to 0.60 m in the Urso Fóssil Cave, Parque Nacional de Ubajara, State of Ceará, northeastern Brazil. The ages of sediment samples from levels 4 and 5 (depths of 0.40 and 0.50 m) were determined by thermoluminescence technique, and indicated ages of 8,000 and 8,200 years BP for each layer respectively. The presence in these layers of early Holocene xenarthrans taxa can contribute to the understanding of the biotic evolution of the northwest region of Ceará during the last 10,000 years. Two of the three identified taxa still occur in the region: Dasypus novemcinctus and Euphractus sexcinctus. The Dasypodidae fauna here reported includes animals with generalist feeding habits and current wide geographical distribution. It is suggested, therefore, that the climatic and environmental conditions in the early Holocene were very similar the actual ones, and that the absence of Cabassous may be conditioned to other factors, such as anthropogenic action and loss of habitat by fragmentation of the vegetation.

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O presente artigo almeja refletir acerca dos fluxos e refluxos entre o Brasil e a África mítica de matriz iorubana. Como aparato metodológico, utilizaremos a sociologia dos atores e leituras pós-coloniais, interpretações das relações internacionais que nos ajudam a estabelecer os liames dialéticos entre os atores, as estruturas e as instituições em jogo. Ao longo do texto, faremos uso de relatos acadêmicos e literários trazidos pelos intelectuais das humanidades, que, ao longo do século passado, estabeleceram esses trânsitos entre o Brasil e a África iorubana, dando especial destaque para a atuação de Martiniano Eliseu do Bonfim, Pierre Verger e Agostinho da Silva. À guisa de conclusões, analisaremos a conjuntura contemporânea da cooperação Sul-Sul à luz de um evento em que o Estado brasileiro foi convidado a dar apoio à preservação da cultura iorubana na África, através da salvaguarda do sítio histórico de Oyo, qual seja, o reino mítico do Rei Xangô.