Archaeology and ichnology at Gombore II-2, Melka Kunture, Ethiopia: everyday life of a mixed-age hominin group 700,000 years ago

被引：49

作者：

Altamura, Flavio ^{[1
,2
]}

Bennett, Matthew R. ^{[3
]}

D'Aout, Kristiaan ^{[4
]}

Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Sabine ^{[5
,6
,7
]}

Melis, Rita T. ^{[2
,8
]}

Reynolds, Sally C. ^{[3
]}

Mussi, Margherita ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Roma Sapienza, Dipartimento Sci Antichita, Piazzale A Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[2] Italian Archaeol Mission Melka Kunture & Balchit, Rome, Italy

[3] Bournemouth Univ, Inst Studies Landscapes & Human Evolut, Poole BH12 5BB, Dorset, England

[4] Univ Liverpool, Inst Ageing & Chron Dis, Dept Musculoskeletal Biol, Liverpool L7 8TX, Merseyside, England

[5] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, MONREPOS Archaeol Res Ctr, D-56567 Schloss Monrepos, Neuwied, Germany

[6] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Museum Human Behav Evolut, D-56567 Schloss Monrepos, Neuwied, Germany

[7] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Ancient Studies, D-56567 Schloss Monrepos, Neuwied, Germany

[8] Univ Cagliari, Dipartimento Sci Chim & Geol, Via Trentino 51, I-009127 Cagliari, Italy

来源：

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 2018年 / 8卷

关键词：

FOOT; CHILDREN; GROWTH; SITE; FOOTPRINTS; HEIGHT; LENGTH; TRACKS;

D O I：

10.1038/s41598-018-21158-7

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

We report the occurrence at 0.7 million years (Ma) of an ichnological assemblage at Gombore II-2, which is one of several archaeological sites at Melka Kunture in the upper Awash Valley of Ethiopia, 2000 m asl. Adults and children potentially as young as 12 months old left tracks in a silty substrate on the shore of a body of water where ungulates, as well as other mammals and birds, congregated. Furthermore, the same layers contain a rich archaeological and palaeontological record, confirming that knapping was taking place in situ and that stone tools were used for butchering hippo carcasses at the site. The site gives direct information on hominin landscape use at 0.7 Ma and may provide fresh perspective on the childhood of our ancestors.

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