Middle Pleistocene fauna and palaeoenvironment in the south of Eastern Europe: A case study of the Medzhybizh 1 locality (MIS 11, Ukraine)

Stefaniak, Krzysztof; Kovalchuk, Oleksandr; Marciszak, Adrian; Степанчук, Вадим; Rekovets, Leonid; Made, Jan van der; Yanenko, Vadym; Цвелых, А. Н.; Ratajczak-Skrzatek, Urszula; Kotowski, Adam; Gornig, Wiktoria; Barkaszi, Zoltán

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2021.07.013

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“…More stone assemblages can be dated to MIS 12-11, including Kärlich-Seeufer, Vértesszölös 2, Rusko 42 or MIS 11-9 i.e. Bilzingsleben, Mauern, Schöningen 13, Trzebnica 2 21,23,[26][27][28]84,85 Such a chronology has also been recently proposed for two Bochemian open-air sites (Račinĕves and Karlštejn-Altán) by Svoboda & Horáček 86 and Medzhibozh 1 in Ukraine 87,88 .…”

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Frontiers of the Lower Palaeolithic expansion in Europe: Tunel Wielki Cave (Poland)

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Krajcarz

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Peopling of Central Europe by Middle Pleistocene hominids is highly debatable, mainly due to the relatively harsh climatic and environmental conditions that require cultural and anatomical adjustments. At least several archaeological sites certify human occupation in the region dated back to MIS 13-11, but they represent open-air settlements. Based on the new fieldwork conducted in Tunel Wielki Cave, we can date the human occupation traces in the cave to MIS 14-12. Bipolar-on-anvil knapping technique prevails in the lithic assemblage, made exclusively in flint. The obtained results have given ground for studying the frontiers of human oikumene and the required cultural adaptive abilities.

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Frontiers of the Lower Palaeolithic expansion in Europe: Tunel Wielki Cave (Poland)

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Krajcarz

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“…Earlier authors described the Eemian populations as independent subspecies called Ursus arctos taubachensis Rode, 1935 (Kurtén 1956(Kurtén , 1959(Kurtén , 1968Mostecký 1961Mostecký , 1963Mostecký , 1969Musil 1996;Sabol 2001a, b;Wagner 2001). However, its taxonomic position was later revised, and it is now considered to be a synonym for U. a. priscus s. l. (Baryshnikov 2007;Marciszak et al 2019;Marciszak and Lipecki 2020;Stefaniak et al 2021). The presence of this form during MIS 5e is rarely documented in the Czech territory, e.g., from layers 13-9 of the Kůlna Cave (Musil 2010(Musil , 2018, as well as from the Chlupác ˇova Cave (Mostecký 1961(Mostecký , 1963(Mostecký , 1969Wagner 2001).…”

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THE LATE PLEISTOCENE HISTORY OF THE BROWN BEAR URSUS ARCTOS LINNAEUS, 1758 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

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During the Late Pleistocene (MIS 5e-2), the brown bear Ursus arctos was widespread in the Czech Republic. From this time interval, the species was recorded in 51 Czech localities, including 10 open-air and 41 cave sites. A total of 18 radiocarbon dates obtained from the material showed the presence of the species in this territory 46–12.6 kyr ago during the Late Pleistocene, but most of the dates are concentrated between 45.7 and 29.3 kyr. Later, its occurrence continued into the Holocene. Three dates confirmed the presence of U. arctos just before and during the LGM. However, during the coolest part of the GS-2.1b interval (about 20.9–19.0 kyr), the species was not recorded in the territory of the Czech Republic. A large, broad-toothed, highly carnivorous priscus ecomorph adapted to live in open grasslands occurred during the Late Pleistocene, while the arctos ecomorph was rarely recorded from that period. The post-LGM time (17.5–14.7 kyr) was characterised by increasing numbers of brown bear dates on the territory of the Czech Republic. It was also a period of progressive afforestation and the disappearance of the priscus ecomorph. The latest occurrence of the priscus ecomorph in the territory of the Czech Republic was represented by a robust mandible from the Býčí skála Cave, dated at 15.4–14.9 kyr.

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“…Such studies also help track their migration routes in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and Holocene (e.g., Campos et al, 2010;Baca et al, 2012;Lagerholm et al, 2014;Doan et al, 2018). Data from palaeogenetic and phylogeographic studies allow for a deeper and more accurate taxonomic identification of Pleistocene mammals, which have so far been analysed using only morphological approaches (Niedziałkowska, 2017;Rekovets and Kovalchuk, 2017;Baca et al, 2019Baca et al, , 2020Kovalchuk et al, 2021;Stefaniak et al, 2021Stefaniak et al, , 2022Doan et al, 2022;Marciszak et al, 2022;Plis et al, 2022;Ratajczak-Skrzatek et al, 2022 and many others).…”

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Late Pleistocene and Holocene pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Europe and the validity of Ochotona spelaea: New insights based on mtDNA analysis

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Rekovets

Stewart

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Pikas were among small mammals that inhabited mammoth steppes during the last glacial. The evolutionary history of ochotonids in Europe is relatively well studied, although the taxonomic status of many described forms remains ambiguous, and the majority of extant species of the genus Ochotona are poorly represented in the fossil record. The present study aims to analyse the taxonomic relationships of a sample of Late Pleistocene-Holocene pikas based on mtDNA data and to clarify the status of the species described from Europe. A phylogenetic analysis has revealed that pikas form two large clades: one includes O. pusilla and the other includes the extant Asian and North American species. The study of haplotypes has shown similar results. The analysis supports the view that in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene O. pusilla was distributed throughout Europe, and its geographic range has contracted to the east until reaching its modern limits. The analysis of samples provided evidence that O. pusilla had survived in Eastern Europe until relatively recently and disappeared only about 150 years ago. The molecular data inferred from mtDNA do not support the species status of O. spelaea, despite morphological differences possibly related to the particular ecology of the Late Pleistocene.

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Middle Pleistocene fauna and palaeoenvironment in the south of Eastern Europe: A case study of the Medzhybizh 1 locality (MIS 11, Ukraine)

Cited by 10 publications

References 62 publications

Frontiers of the Lower Palaeolithic expansion in Europe: Tunel Wielki Cave (Poland)

Frontiers of the Lower Palaeolithic expansion in Europe: Tunel Wielki Cave (Poland)

THE LATE PLEISTOCENE HISTORY OF THE BROWN BEAR URSUS ARCTOS LINNAEUS, 1758 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Late Pleistocene and Holocene pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Europe and the validity of Ochotona spelaea: New insights based on mtDNA analysis

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