The hunted or the scavenged? Australopith accumulation by brown hyenas at Sterkfontein (South Africa)

被引：15

作者：

Carmen Arriaza, Mari ^{[1
,2
]}

Aramendi, Julia ^{[3
,4
]}

Angel Mate-Gonzalez, Miguel ^{[3
,5
,6
]}

Yravedra, Jose ^{[7
,8
]}

Stratford, Dominic ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Alcala Univ, Dept Geol Geog & Environm Studies, Edificio Ciencias,Campus Externo, Madrid 28807, Spain

[2] Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Geog Archaeol & Environm Studies, ZA-2050 Johannesburg, South Africa

[3] Univ Salamanca, Dept Cartog & Land Engn, Avila 05003, Spain

[4] Alcala Univ, Inst Evolut Africa IDEA, Covarrubias 36, Madrid 28010, Spain

[5] Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Topog & Cartog Engn, Madrid 28031, Spain

[6] Politecn Torino, Dept Environm Land & Infrastruct Engn, I-10129 Turin, Italy

[7] Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Prehist, Madrid 28040, Spain

[8] Univ Complutense Madrid, CAI Archaeometry & Archaeol Anal, Madrid 28040, Spain

来源：

QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS | 2021年 / 273卷

关键词：

Tooth marks; Early hominins; Paleocaves; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS; HOMINID; STRATIGRAPHY; LOCOMOTION; ASSEMBLAGE; ALLOMETRY; SITE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107252

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

In the present study, we report brown hyena tooth marks on australopiths from Sterkfontein's PlioPleistocene-age Member 4 (South Africa). Classic taphonomic analyses and the implementation of new techniques, including Geometric Morphometrics and Machine Learning, are combined to identify the modifying agent and provide the first direct evidence of hyenid scavenging on australopiths. This hypothesis adds a new perspective to the relationships between carnivores and hominins in the Cradle by expanding on previous hypotheses proposing that leopards were the primary predator and bone accumulator of early hominin remains at South African palaeocaves. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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