A global perspective on the spatiotemporal pattern of the Late Pleistocene human and woolly mammoth radiocarbon record

2008 ◽  
Vol 191 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Ugan ◽  
David Byers
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Spatiotemporal Pattern ◽  
Woolly Mammoth

scholarly journals Mammoths, Deer, and a Dog: Fossil and (Sub) Recent Allochthonous Remains from the Northeastern Croatia (Podravina Region), with the First Radiocarbon Dating of the Croatian Woolly Mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius)

Quaternary ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jadranka Mauch Lenardić ◽  
Siniša Radović ◽  
Ankica Oros Sršen ◽  
Nada Horvatinčić ◽  
Petar Kostešić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Red Deer ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Canis Familiaris ◽  
Mammuthus Primigenius ◽  
Maxillary Bone ◽  
Fluvial Deposits ◽  
Animal Remains ◽  
Woolly Mammoth

Eight anatomically and taxonomically different finds are presented in this paper, and they belong to four taxa: woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), giant deer (Megaloceros giganteus), red deer (Cervus elaphus), and dog (Canis familiaris). All specimens represent allochthonous Late Pleistocene and Holocene animal remains, and all were dredged during the gravel exploitation at the Sekuline site near Molve (Podravina region, SW Pannonian basin, NE Croatia). Mammoth remains (bone and tusk fragments) were radiocarbon dated, and these are the first absolute dates on mammoths in Croatia. One upper last left deciduous premolar (dP4 sin.) also belongs to the same species. Ascribed to a dog is one well-preserved skull with a peculiar abscess scar on the maxillary bone as the result of an inflammatory process on the carnassial (P4) premolar. The Late Pleistocene cervid remains are giant deer, while the other cervid finds were determined to be red deer of the Holocene age. Morphometrical and taphonomical data are presented for each specimen. Such fossil and recent bone/tooth aggregates are characteristic of fluvial deposits and selective collecting. Although lacking stratigraphic provenance, these finds help to fulfil the gaps in palaeoenvironmental, palaeoecological, and palaeoclimate reconstructions of Podravina and its neighbouring areas.

scholarly journals Remains of large mammals from the Epigravettian site of Yudinovo

2021 ◽  
Vol 325 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-81
Author(s):  
M.V. Sablin ◽  
K.Yu. Iltsevich
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Arctic Fox ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Large Mammals ◽  
Symbolic System ◽  
Faunal Assemblage ◽  
Stable Isotopic ◽  
Milk Teeth ◽  
Cultural Layers ◽  
Woolly Mammoth

The Epigravettian site of Yudinovo (Bryansk oblast, Russia) was discovered in 1930 by K.M. Polikarpovich. It is located in the Sudost’ river valley and has a unique stratigraphy. This article presents the results of the study of the remains of large mammals from Yudinovo and also discusses their significance in revising the former interpretation of the existence of the site during the very end of the final part of the Late Pleistocene. In total, 38 268 mammalian bones were identified from cultural layers excavated between 1947–2019. The faunal assemblage is relatively small with a dominance of woolly mammoth and arctic fox, typical of a cold and dry tundra-steppe environment. We undertook stable isotopic tracking from samples of bones. Our analyses confirm the hunting of both adult and juvenile larger mammals by ancient humans. Based on the eruption sequence and wear of the milk teeth from young animals, we were able to clarify the season of their death. It seems that these individuals were hunted during the late spring or early autumn. Traces of gnawing by dogs were recorded on a few bones. We also present in this article the results of the study of so-called “dwellings”, constructed by stacking up body parts and bones that were extracted from carcasses of freshly killed mammoths. We interpret these structures as middens representing the remains of ritually deposited hunted game. It can be assumed that these “dwellings” were probably an important part of the socio-symbolic system of the peoples, who created them.

CHRONOLOGY OF THE MIS 3 MEGAFAUNA IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST SIBERIA AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LATE SURVIVAL OF THE KHOZARIAN STEPPE MAMMOTH (MAMMUTHUS TROGONTHERII CHOSARICUS)

Radiocarbon ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Andrei V Shpansky ◽  
Yaroslav V Kuzmin
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
West Siberia ◽  
Mis 3 ◽  
Woolly Rhinoceros ◽  
Mis 5E ◽  
Late Survival ◽  
Woolly Mammoth

ABSTRACT We report a new series of radiocarbon (14C) dates on the MIS 3 megafauna for a previously poorly studied region of southeastern West Siberia. Some species, like woolly mammoth and woolly rhinoceros, and Pleistocene bison and horse, existed throughout the MIS 3 (ca. 29–59 ka cal BP); cave hyaena is dated to ca. 46,400 cal BP. The very late 14C dates on Khozarian steppe elephant (Mammuthus trogontherii chosaricus), ca. 45,100–45,400 cal BP, may indicate the survival of this species in Siberia up to MIS 3. More work is needed to confirm or reject this suggestion. Previously, Khozarian steppe elephant was known in Siberia only at the beginning of the Late Pleistocene (MIS 5e).

scholarly journals Analysis of Late Pleistocene megafauna and puparia from the Lent dredging site, province of Gelderland (the Netherlands)

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Douw ◽  
Belle E.I. van Rijssen ◽  
René H.B. Fraaije ◽  
Jonathan J.W. Wallaard
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Prolonged Exposure ◽  
Artificial Lakes ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Late Pleistocene To Holocene ◽  
Dredging Operation ◽  
Woolly Mammoth

Abstract More than 900 vertebrate bones, ranging from Late Pleistocene to Holocene in age, have been identified in a collection that was recovered by a single dredging operation for the construction of artificial lakes near Lent (Nijmegen, province of Gelderland, the Netherlands). The Late Pleistocene assemblage comprises mainly Weichselian glacial fauna such as mammoths, reindeer and bison. Some Eemian fauna is represented as well, e.g. straight-tusked elephant. The abundance of certain species over others suggests that preservation bias had a considerable impact on this assemblage, while its time-averaged nature resulted in overrepresentation of certain species. A case study is here conducted on a fragmentary skull of a subadult woolly mammoth bull with embedded blowfly puparia. Some of these puparia are fully developed, indicating prolonged exposure of the mammoth carcass.

scholarly journals Late Middle—Early Late Pleistocene Mammoths from the Lower Don River Region (Russia)

Quaternary ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Vera S. Baigusheva ◽  
Vadim V. Titov
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Postcranial Skeleton ◽  
River Region ◽  
Don River ◽  
Early Late ◽  
Mis 5 ◽  
South Of European Russia ◽  
Woolly Mammoth

The remains of “early” mammoths from a number of localities of the late Middle—early Late Pleistocene on the territory of the South of European Russia (the basin of the Don River, Rostov Region) are described. The description of the teeth and bones of a postcranial skeleton is given. Teeth characteristics (number of plates, lamellar frequency and enamel thickness) allow determining the finds as Mammuthus intermedius, described from the territory of France but known from other regions of Western Europe and Western Siberia as well. In Eastern Europe, this form was a typical representative of the Khazarian theriocomplex and existed during the MIS 5–7 interval. This mammoth taxon differs noticeably from the typical woolly mammoth M. primigenius, which appeared in continental Europe during MIS 4.

scholarly journals Central European Woolly Mammoth Population Dynamics: Insights from Late Pleistocene Mitochondrial Genomes

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Fellows Yates ◽  
Dorothée G. Drucker ◽  
Ella Reiter ◽  
Simon Heumos ◽  
Frido Welker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Mitochondrial Genomes ◽  
Central European ◽  
Woolly Mammoth

A Late Pleistocene woolly mammoth from Lower Silesia, SW Poland

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Krzemińska ◽  
Krzysztof Stefaniak ◽  
Joanna Zych ◽  
Piotr Wojtal ◽  
Grzegorz Skrzypek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Sw Poland ◽  
Lower Silesia ◽  
Woolly Mammoth

scholarly journals Holarctic genetic structure and range dynamics in the woolly mammoth

2013 ◽  
Vol 280 (1770) ◽  
pp. 20131910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleftheria Palkopoulou ◽  
Love Dalén ◽  
Adrian M. Lister ◽  
Sergey Vartanyan ◽  
Mikhail Sablin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Before Present ◽  
Land Bridge ◽  
Dna Analyses ◽  
Bering Land Bridge ◽  
Mtdna Variation ◽  
Enhanced Resolution ◽  
Coalescent Simulations ◽  
Range Dynamics ◽  
Woolly Mammoth

Ancient DNA analyses have provided enhanced resolution of population histories in many Pleistocene taxa. However, most studies are spatially restricted, making inference of species-level biogeographic histories difficult. Here, we analyse mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation in the woolly mammoth from across its Holarctic range to reconstruct its history over the last 200 thousand years (kyr). We identify a previously undocumented major mtDNA lineage in Europe, which was replaced by another major mtDNA lineage 32–34 kyr before present (BP). Coalescent simulations provide support for demographic expansions at approximately 121 kyr BP, suggesting that the previous interglacial was an important driver for demography and intraspecific genetic divergence. Furthermore, our results suggest an expansion into Eurasia from America around 66 kyr BP, coinciding with the first exposure of the Bering Land Bridge during the Late Pleistocene. Bayesian inference indicates Late Pleistocene demographic stability until 20–15 kyr BP, when a severe population size decline occurred.

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