A sedimentary ancient DNA perspective on human and carnivore persistence through the Late Pleistocene in El Mirón Cave, Spain
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Jan. 2, 2025
Abstract
Caves
are
primary
sites
for
studying
human
and
animal
subsistence
patterns
genetic
ancestry
throughout
the
Palaeolithic.
Iberia
served
as
a
critical
refugium
in
Europe
during
Last
Glacial
Maximum
(LGM),
26.5
to
19
thousand
years
before
present
(cal
kya).
Therefore,
it
is
key
location
understanding
population
dynamics
this
event.
We
recover
analyse
sedimentary
ancient
DNA
(sedaDNA)
data
from
lower
archaeological
stratigraphic
sequence
of
El
Mirón
Cave
(Cantabria,
Spain),
encompassing
(1)
Late
Mousterian
period,
associated
with
Neanderthals,
(2)
Gravettian
(c.
31.5
cal
kya),
Solutrean
24.5–22
Initial
Magdalenian
(d.
21–20.5
kya)
periods,
anatomically
modern
humans.
identify
28
taxa
including
Fifteen
these
had
not
been
identified
archaeozoological
(i.e.,
faunal)
record,
presence
hyenas
Magdalenian.
Additionally,
we
provide
phylogenetic
analyses
on
70
sedaDNA
mtDNA
genomes
fauna
densest
Iberian
Pleistocene
sampling
C.
lupus
.
Finally,
three
sequences
levels.
These
sequences,
along
published
data,
suggest
haplogroup
continuity
Solutrean/Last
period.
Language: Английский
Nobody’s land? The oldest evidence of early Upper Paleolithic settlements in inland Iberia
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(26)
Published: June 26, 2024
The
Iberian
Peninsula
is
a
key
region
for
unraveling
human
settlement
histories
of
Eurasia
during
the
period
spanning
decline
Neandertals
and
emergence
anatomically
modern
humans
(AMH).
There
no
evidence
occupation
in
central
Iberia
after
disappearance
~42,000
years
ago
until
approximately
26,000
ago,
rendering
"nobody's
land"
Aurignacian
period.
Abrigo
de
la
Malia
provides
irrefutable
settlements
dating
back
to
36,200
31,760
calibrated
before
present
(cal
B.P.)
This
site
also
records
additional
levels
around
32,420
26,260
cal
B.P.,
suggesting
repeated
this
territory.
Our
multiproxy
examination
identifies
change
climate
trending
toward
colder
more
arid
conditions.
However,
climatic
deterioration
does
not
appear
have
affected
AMH
subsistence
strategies
or
their
capacity
inhabit
region.
These
findings
reveal
ability
groups
colonize
regions
hitherto
considered
uninhabitable,
reopening
debate
on
early
Upper
Paleolithic
population
dynamics
southwestern
Europe.
Language: Английский
First asserted record of the house mouse in Morocco: application of a multidisciplinary approach to the site of Rirha (5th − 1st c. BC)
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(6)
Published: June 1, 2024
Language: Английский
Holocene biogeography of the southwestern European white‐toothed shrew (Crocidura iculisma, Eulipotyphla) through its fossil record
Mammal Review,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: July 29, 2024
Abstract
Crocidura
iculisma
(=
C
.
suaveolens
)
is
a
shrew
(Soricidae,
Eulipotyphla)
showing
fragmented
distribution
limited
to
the
Iberian
Peninsula,
southern
and
western
France
northwestern
Italy.
Although
it
has
been
in
Peninsula
since
Middle
Pleistocene,
its
biogeographical
history
remains
poorly
known.
Here,
we
provide
new
data
on
from
Castillejo
del
Bonete
site
(southern
Spain)
dated
as
3.8–3.6
cal
kyr
BP.
At
same
time,
analyse
changes
geographic
based
palaeontological
record.
We
have
reviewed
thoroughly
Holocene
record
of
southwestern
Europe,
considering
independently
three
time
intervals
according
stages
defined
for
this
geological
series
(Greenlandian,
Northgrippian
Meghalayan).
Whenever
found
together
fossil
sites,
relative
abundance
two
sympatric
shrews
genus
(
russula
was
analysed.
The
obtained
concerning
past
range
were
compared
with
current
status
species
Iberia
interpret
through
time.
European
white‐toothed
notably
reduced
over
until
today.
occurrence
at
other
records
located
beyond
show
that
distributed
several
areas
eastern
part
interior
Iberia,
least
second
half
Meghalayan.
Relative
patterns
observed
assemblages
suggest
competitive
exclusion
by
climatic
played
crucial
role
driving
extirpation
substantial
portion
Peninsula.
Language: Английский
Late Pleistocene of Europe
Angharad K. Jones,
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Hannah Andrews
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Elsevier eBooks,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 397 - 432
Published: April 30, 2024
Language: Английский
Informatic application to characterise and identify small mammal species: Arvicolinae (Cricetidae, Rodentia, Mammalia)
Ecology and Evolution,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(9)
Published: Sept. 1, 2024
The
classification
of
rodent
species
can
be
challenging
due
to
high
morphological
similarities
observed
among
them.
This
problem
is
further
increased
in
palaeontological
systematics,
where
traditionally
based
on
the
molar
morphology.
subfamily
Arvicolinae
(Rodentia,
Mammalia)
one
these
groups,
whose
being
important
for
biostratigraphic
and
climatic
studies
Quaternary
period
challenging.
We
present
an
application
developed
using
MatLab
informatic
algorithm,
designed
classify
Geometric
Morphometrics
(GMM)
analyses
first
lower
molar.
Moreover,
includes
option
automatically
obtain
linear
measurements
that
are
commonly
used
identification
species.
method
shows
a
degree
accuracy
classification,
which
expected
increase
as
reference
database
developed.
serve
alternative
tool
specimens
with
unclear
morphologies.
It
also
reduce
time
required
manually
indices
necessary
their
classification.
Language: Английский
Changes in pollen and small mammal spectrum compositions and in human-landscape relationships during the last 40,000 years of the Pleistocene in El Mirón Cave, Cantabrian Spain
Quaternary International,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 109569 - 109569
Published: Oct. 1, 2024
Language: Английский