Palaeoecological context for the extinction of the Neanderthals: A small mammal study of Stratigraphic Unit V of the El Salt site, Alcoi, eastern Spain
| Autor: | Rafael Marquina-Blasco, Ana Fagoaga, César Laplana, Jorge Machado, Francisco Javier Ruiz-Sánchez, Vicente D. Crespo, Marin-Monfort, Carolina Mallol, Bertila Galván, Cristo M. Hernández |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Universidad de Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana, Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (Ecuador), Universidad de La Laguna |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Neanderthal
biology Microtus duodecimcostatus Ecology Paleontology Extinction Oceanography biology.organism_classification Microtus cabrerae El Salt Palaeoclimatology Aridification Crocidura biology.animal Arvicola Small mammals Eliomys Microtus Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Geology Earth-Surface Processes Neanderthals Iberian Peninsula |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC: Repositorio Institucional del CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname |
| DOI: | 10.13039/501100003359 |
| Popis: | El Salt is an important reference site for understanding the extinction of Neanderthal populations in the eastern Iberian Peninsula during MIS 3. In this paper, we describe the small mammal assemblage from Stratigraphic Unit V, the youngest unit with evidence of human presence, based on nearly 1300 specimens. A total of seven rodents (Microtus arvalis, Microtus duodecimcostatus, Microtus cabrerae, Sciurus vulgaris, Arvicola sapidus, Eliomys quercinus and Apodemus sylvaticus), three insectivores (Talpa occidentalis, Crocidura sp., Sorex sp.) and one lagomorph (Oryctolagus cf. cuniculus) were identified. Palaeocological analyses point to drier conditions in this part of the stratigraphic sequence, supporting the hypothesis that an aridification scenario may have played a role in the extinction of the Neanderthal groups inhabiting this region of the Iberian Peninsula. Research at El Salt is funded by the Spanish Government project HAR2015-68321-P (MINECO FEDER/UE), UV-INV_AE17-708551 (University of Valencia) and Conselleria d'Educació, Investigació, Cultura i Esports from the Valencian government. This investigation was also carried out thanks to the Prometeo Project of the Secretariat for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation from Ecuador and the University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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