Early Holocene human presence in Madagascar evidenced by exploitation of avian megafauna
| Autor: | Laurie R. Godfrey, David Errickson, Patricia C. Wright, Armand H. Rasoamiaramanana, Tim Thompson, Ventura R. Pérez, Samuel T. Turvey, James P. Hansford |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
010506 paleontology Biodiversity Lemur Mullerornis 01 natural sciences Aepyornis Prehistory Birds 03 medical and health sciences Megafauna biology.animal parasitic diseases Madagascar Animals Humans Holocene Research Articles History Ancient 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Multidisciplinary biology Fossils SciAdv r-articles social sciences Before Present biology.organism_classification Archaeology humanities 030104 developmental biology Geography Anthropology geographic locations Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Science Advances |
| ISSN: | 2375-2548 |
| Popis: | Radiocarbon dates of perimortem tool marks reveal human presence in Madagascar 6000 years earlier than previously thought. Previous research suggests that people first arrived on Madagascar by ~2500 years before present (years B.P.). This hypothesis is consistent with butchery marks on extinct lemur bones from ~2400 years B.P. and perhaps with archaeological evidence of human presence from ~4000 years B.P. We report >10,500-year-old human-modified bones for the extinct elephant birds Aepyornis and Mullerornis, which show perimortem chop marks, cut marks, and depression fractures consistent with immobilization and dismemberment. Our evidence for anthropogenic perimortem modification of directly dated bones represents the earliest indication of humans in Madagascar, predating all other archaeological and genetic evidence by >6000 years and changing our understanding of the history of human colonization of Madagascar. This revision of Madagascar’s prehistory suggests prolonged human-faunal coexistence with limited biodiversity loss. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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