globalchange  > 气候减缓与适应
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.04.018
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85046663472
论文题名:
Taphonomic interpretations of a new Plio-Pleistocene hominin-bearing assemblage at Kromdraai (Gauteng, South Africa)
作者: Fourvel J.-B.; Thackeray J.F.; Brink J.S.; O'Regan H.; Braga J.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2018
卷: 190
起始页码: 81
结束页码: 97
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Hominin-carnivore interactions ; Kromdraai ; Palaeoecology ; Plio-Pleistocene ; South Africa ; Taphonomy
Scopus关键词: Bone ; Ecology ; Mammals ; Stratigraphy ; Kromdraai ; Palaeoecology ; Plio-pleistocene ; South Africa ; Taphonomy ; Salinity measurement ; carnivore ; hominid ; paleoecology ; Pleistocene ; predator ; scavenger ; taphonomy ; South Africa ; Aves ; Bovidae ; Felidae ; Primates ; Rodentia
英文摘要: Within the past 80 years, the Kromdraai site in South Africa has provided a diverse Early Pleistocene fauna (notably bovids, carnivores, primates, large rodents, birds, proboscidea). Since 2014, the Kromdraai bone accumulation has been the focus of intensive fieldwork that demonstrated that the site is much larger than previously recognised. In the present taphonomic study of a new and large faunal sample including more than 2400 remains, stratigraphically controlled, we aim to test previous interpretations of the Kromdraai assemblage as representing a death trap or a carnivore lair. In particular, we aim to discuss the relationships between faunal communities in the context of carnivores, either predator-prey or predator-predator interactions. We investigate the relative abundance of anatomical elements and their fragmentation, the mortality profiles and tooth-mark frequency. We conclude that carnivores (particularly felids and hyenids) played a major role in the accumulation of fauna from Member 2, which (thus far) is the oldest depositional period investigated at Kromdraai. However, the high species diversity suggests that the secondary predators (scavengers) could have modified the bone deposit produced by the primary predators. The presence of hominin remains is also questioned. Our results shed new light on the palaeoecology of the Kromdraai Member 2 hominins, in terms of opportunistic predators and/or prey of large carnivores. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/112188
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作者单位: UMR5608 CNRS TRACES, Université de Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France; Evolutionary Studies Institute and School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, PO WITS, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa; Florisbad Quaternary Research, National Museum, P.O. Box 266, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa; Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa; Department of Archaeology, Humanities Building, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom; Computer-assisted Palaeoanthropology Team, UMR 5288 CNRS-Université de Toulouse, Paul Sabatier, France

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Fourvel J.-B.,Thackeray J.F.,Brink J.S.,et al. Taphonomic interpretations of a new Plio-Pleistocene hominin-bearing assemblage at Kromdraai (Gauteng, South Africa)[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2018-01-01,190
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