Seasonal variations of the Middle–Upper Paleolithic transition at El Castillo, Cueva Morı́n and El Pendo (Cantabria, Spain)

Pike-Tay, Anne; Valdés, Victoria Cabrera; Quirós, Federico Bernaldo de

doi:10.1006/jhev.1998.0271

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“…STRINGER and MCKIE 1996). Within the framework of the latter model a number of hypotheses have been proposed including direct and indirect competition from modern humans (MELLARS 1989;MITHEN 1996;KLEIN 2000;PETTITT 1999;LIEBERMAN 1989;BOCQUET-APPEL and DEMARS 2000;CACHEL 1997;PIKE-TAY et al 1999). Another hypothesis regarding their disappearance is that modern humans had no substantial role in the extinction of Neanderthals and that climate change and its effects on the environment was the main cause (FINLAYSON et al 2000a, b;FINLAYSON 2004;STEWART et al 2003b;STEWART 2000STEWART , 2004aSTEWART , b, 2005STEWART , 2006FINLAYSON and CARRIÓN 2007;JIMÉNEZ-ESPEJO et al, in press ).…”

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Neanderthal extinction as part of the faunal change in Europe during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3

Stewart

2007

Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia - Series A: Vertebrata

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Abstract. The extinction of the Neanderthals has not been widely considered in the light of the palaeoecology of other mammals. Therefore, a palaeoecological and historical biogeographical analysis of a database of European mammalian fossils for the period covering 60-20 thousand calendar years (approximately OIS 3 and covering the time when Neanderthals became extinct) has been conducted that shed light on the ecological conditions of this period. Broadly the larger mammals in this database form historical biogeographical categories including extant ubiquitous, extant northern and montane, extant eastern, extinct northern and extinct southern taxa. Neanderthals appear to belong to the extinct southern grouping which highlights the lack of attention they had received from the perspective of extinct Late Pleistocene Megafaunal elements. The temporal distribution of taxa confirms the decline towards the Last Glacial Maximum of the southern extinct group and further reveals a decrease in the occurrence of many smaller carnivores. The latter may indicate a decrease in carrying capacity as temperatures decreased which is supported by the decrease in occurrence of mammoths on non-archaeological sites and other similar phenomena documented elsewhere. The geographical distribution of the larger mammals of OIS 3 confirms a retreat towards the South and West of Neanderthals similar to that of the straight-tusked elephant Elephas antiquus and Merck's rhino Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis, both of which also became extinct towards the Last Glacial Maximum. The change in geographical distribution of the European wild ass Equus hydruntinus through OIS 3 may be closest to that of the Neanderthals implying similar tolerances. The results of the palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical study of Neanderthals prompt a reconsideration of their supposed adaptations.

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Neanderthal extinction as part of the faunal change in Europe during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3

Stewart

2007

Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia - Series A: Vertebrata

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“…Europe before and during Heinrich Event 4. Note the significant contraction in the amount of land available for settlement resulting from the combined effect of the southward advance of the Fenno-Scandinavian ice cap and peripheral tundra, on one hand, and the environmental catastrophe created in the Greater Mediterranean area by the Phlegraean Fields caldera explosion, on the other Aurignacian (Grayson & Delpech 2002;Morin 2004;but see Mellars 2004b), and much the same has been argued for northern Spain (Pike-Tay et al 1999). And where Germany is concerned, it is particularly striking that the hunting behaviour of the Micoquian Neandertals of 50,000 years ago and of the late Last Glacial Ahrensbourgian moderns of 12,000 years ago, both living off reindeer herds in the northernmost reaches of the human niche, was exactly the same, in spite of the 400 centuries separating the two adaptive systems (Gaudzinski & Roebroeks 2000;.…”

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Genes, Fossils, and Culture. An Overview of the Evidence for Neandertal–Modern Human Interaction and Admixture

Zilhão

2006

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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After more than two decades of controversies, most researchers now agree that the ancestry of all present day humans can be traced back to African late Middle Pleistocene populations such as those represented by the Omo-Kibish and Herto fossils of Ethiopia (for a recent review, see Trinkaus 2005b). At that time, the remainder of Eurasia was inhabited by 'archaic humans', the archetype of which, given the poorer eastern Asian record, are the Neandertals. Remaining issues are the tempo and mode of early modern human dispersal and interaction with archaic humans, the two mutually exclusive models that dominated the field for a long time -'total continuity' (Neandertals evolve anatomically modernity on their own) versus 'total replacement' (Neandertals become extinct and their territory is occupied by immigrating anatomically modern humans of ultimate African

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“…Sin embargo, cada yacimiento revela un patrón propio que refleja elecciones de comportamiento por parte de los ocupantes musterienses y del Paleolítico Superior inicial. Los resultados de los análisis de crecimiento de los dientes realizados (Pike-Tay et al, 1999) sugieren unas capturas anuales a lo largo del Musteriense y del Auriñaciense de Transición de El Castillo. A pesar de esto, los patrones estacionales de la muestra musteriense difieren en algo de la muestra de la unidad superior.…”

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La Transición Paleolítica medio-superior en la región centro-oriental de la Córnisa Cantábrica

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LAS ÚLTIMAS INVESTIGACIONES DE CAMPO EN EL MEDIO CANTÁBRICOEl objetivo planteado con este texto es dar una visión actualizada sobre algunos de los trabajos de campo y laboratorio que afectan a la transición entre el Paleolítico medio y el superior en la zona centro-oriental de la cornisa cantá-brica. Tratándose de un momento especialmente conflictivo y sometido a permanente debate, preferimos dar prioridad a la presentación de los sitios y a su información, dedicando una atención más secundaria a la discusión de tales aspectos, en la medida que en ella expresaremos con mayor frecuencia opiniones.Los últimos quince años de la investigación han generado para el área mencionada un copioso volumen de información, tanto en forma de materiales arqueológicos, como de dataciones, analíticas y síntesis . Esto guarda directa relación con el interés suscitado por la Transición entre Paleolítico medio y superior (asumiendo el cambio filético entre el tipo humano neandertal y cromagnon) en esta región, en la que se puede constatar un aparente solapamiento cronológico entre las circunstancias de todo tipo, supuestamente características de ambas especies. En este sentido, consideramos importante presentar algunas de las novedades que se han registrado en el trabajo de campo durante los últimos años en la zona de estudio.

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Seasonal variations of the Middle–Upper Paleolithic transition at El Castillo, Cueva Morı́n and El Pendo (Cantabria, Spain)

Cited by 93 publications

References 41 publications

Neanderthal extinction as part of the faunal change in Europe during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3

Neanderthal extinction as part of the faunal change in Europe during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3

Genes, Fossils, and Culture. An Overview of the Evidence for Neandertal–Modern Human Interaction and Admixture

La Transición Paleolítica medio-superior en la región centro-oriental de la Córnisa Cantábrica

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