Refining upon the climatic background of the Early Pleistocene hominid settlement in western Europe: Barranco León and Fuente Nueva-3 (Guadix-Baza Basin, SE Spain)

AbstractThe origin of the genusBosis a debated issue. From ∼ 0.5 Ma until historic times, the genus is well known in the Eurasian large mammal assemblages, where it is represented byBos primigenius. This species has a highly derived cranial anatomy that shows important morphological differences from other Plio-Pleistocene Eurasian genera of the tribe Bovini such asLeptobos,Bison,Proamphibos-Hemibos, andBubalus. The oldest clear evidence ofBosis the skull fragment ASB-198-1 from the middle Pleistocene (∼ 0.6–0.8 Ma) site of Asbole (Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia). The first appearance ofBosin Europe is at the site of Venosa-Notarchirico, Italy (∼ 0.5–0.6 Ma). Although the origin ofBoshas traditionally been connected withLeptobosandBison, after a detailed anatomical and morphometric study we propose here a different origin, connecting the middle Pleistocene Eurasian forms ofB. primigeniuswith the African Late Pliocene and early Pleistocene large size member of the tribe BoviniPelorovis sensu stricto. The dispersal of theBoslineage in Western Europe during middle Pleistocene times seems to coincide with the arrival of the Acheulean tool technology in this continent.

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Hominin and carnivore interactions during the Early Pleistocene in Western Europe

L Anthropologie ◽

10.1016/j.anthro.2017.10.006 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 121 (5) ◽

pp. 343-366

Author(s):

Joan Garcia Garriga ◽

Kenneth Martínez ◽

José Yravedra

Keyword(s):

Western Europe ◽

Early Pleistocene

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Chronology for the Cueva Victoria fossil site (SE Spain): Evidence for Early Pleistocene Afro-Iberian dispersals

Journal of Human Evolution ◽

10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.08.002 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 90 ◽

pp. 183-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Luis Gibert ◽

Gary R. Scott ◽

Denis Scholz ◽

Alexander Budsky ◽

Carles Ferràndez ◽

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Keyword(s):

Early Pleistocene ◽

Se Spain ◽

Fossil Site

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Anatomy, Age and Origin of an Intramontane Top Basin Surface (Sorbas Basin, Betic Cordillera, SE Spain)

10.20944/preprints201807.0070.v2 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Martin Stokes ◽

Anne E. Mather ◽

Ángel Rodés ◽

Samantha H. Kearsey ◽

Shaun Lewin

Keyword(s):

Growth Patterns ◽

Alluvial Fan ◽

Betic Cordillera ◽

Early Pleistocene ◽

Middle Pleistocene ◽

Surface Erosion ◽

Se Spain ◽

Surface Formation ◽

Base Level ◽

Basin Surface

Collisional mountain belts commonly develop intramontane basins from mechanical and isostatic subsidence during orogenic development. These frequently display a relict top surface, evidencing a change interval from basin infilling to erosion often via capture or overspill. Such surfaces provide markers that inform on orogenic growth patterns via climate and base level interplay. Here, we describe the top surface from the Sorbas Basin, a key intramontane basin within the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain). The surface is fragmentary comprising high elevation hilltops and discontinuous ridges developed onto the variably deformed final basin infill outcrop (Gochar Formation). We reconstruct surface configuration using DEM interpolation and apply 10Be/26Al cosmonuclides to assess surface formation timing. The surface is a degraded Early Pleistocene erosional pediment developed via autogenic switching of alluvial fan streams under stable dryland climate and base level conditions. Base level lowering since the Middle Pleistocene focused headwards incision up interfan drainages, culminating in fan head capture and fan morphological preservation within the abandoned surface. Post abandonment erosion has lowered the basin surface by 31 m (average) and removed ~5.95 km3 of fill. Regional basin comparisons reveal a phase of Early Pleistocene surface formation, marking landscape stability following the most recent Pliocene-Early Pleistocene mountain building. Post-surface erosion rate quantification is low and in accordance with 10Be denudation rates typical of the low uplift Betic Cordillera.

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The Early Pleistocene assemblages of large mammals from Orce (Baza Basin, SE Spain)

TaphonomieS ◽

10.17184/eac.3767 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 509-522

Author(s):

Paul Palmqvist ◽

Patrocinio Espigares

Keyword(s):

Early Pleistocene ◽

Large Mammals ◽

Se Spain

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Small mammals from the early Pleistocene of Sima del Elefante site, Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain, and the age of the first hominids of Western Europe

Communication on Contemporary Anthropology ◽

10.4236/coca.2010.41032 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 04 (01) ◽

Author(s):

Gloria CUENCA-BESCÓS ◽

Juan M. LÓPEZ-GARCÍA ◽

Hugues-A. BLAIN ◽

Juan Luis ARSUAGA ◽

José María BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Small Mammals ◽

Western Europe ◽

Early Pleistocene

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Long Plio-Pleistocene Terrestrial Record of Climate Change and Mammal Turnover in Southern Spain

Quaternary Research ◽

10.1006/qres.2001.2269 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. 411-418 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Jordi Agustı́ ◽

Oriol Oms ◽

Eduard Remacha

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Northern Hemisphere ◽

Western Europe ◽

Southern Spain ◽

Early Pleistocene ◽

Dry Period ◽

Late Pliocene ◽

Southeastern Spain ◽

The Mediterranean

AbstractCyclostratigraphic analysis of the Pliocene Zújar section (Guadix-Baza Basin, southeastern Spain) has enabled the recognition of a number of climatically forced cycles reflecting alternating dry and wet periods. Peaks of aridity are recorded at ca. 3.95, 3.55, 3.2, 2.8, and 1.8 myr B.P. The first dry period at about 4.0 myr B.P. corresponds to the early Ruscinian Mammal age, while the second arid interval at about 3.6 myr B.P. corresponds to the establishment of the Mediterranean double seasonality. The significant mammal turnover between the late Ruscinian and early Villanyian stages is placed between chron 2An.2n and the very base of chron 2An.1n, coincident with the dry phase recognized at about 3.2 myr B.P. The fourth aridity maximum at 2.8 myr B.P. roughly coincides with the Equus event in western Europe and is probably related to the beginning of the glacial–interglacial dynamics in the Northern Hemisphere. Finally, the last dry peak at about 1.8 myr B.P. is probably related to the set of mammalian events characterizing the transition from the late Pliocene faunas to those of the early Pleistocene.

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Baltic Ordovician compound sponges as erratics on Gotland (Sweden), in northern Germany and the eastern Netherlands

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences – Geologie en Mijnbouw ◽

10.1017/s0016774600023581 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 86 (4) ◽

pp. 365-378 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

F. Rhebergen

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Europe ◽

Middle Miocene ◽

River System ◽

Early Pleistocene ◽

Form Part ◽

New Material ◽

Early Palaeozoic ◽

The Baltic ◽

Baltic Area

AbstractCompound orchocladine sponges are unusual in the Early Palaeozoic. In Europe, silicified material of Late Ordovician age has hitherto been referred to as Aulocopium aurantium Oswald, 1847 and the invalid Aulocopium compositium Conwentz, 1905. An examination of new material has resulted in the recognition of a new genus, Hydraspongia, with two new species, H. polycephala and H. erecta, and a third new species, Perissocoelia megahabra, to which most specimens can now be assigned. These taxa form part of rich erratic sponge assemblages, which originate from unknown source areas in the Baltic, and have been collected in northern and western Europe from fluvial sandy deposits of the Eridanos River system, which drained the Baltic area from the Middle Miocene to Early Pleistocene.

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