Temporal shifts in the distribution of murine rodent body size classes at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) reveal new insights into the paleoecology of Homo floresiensis and associated fauna

Veatch, E. Grace; Tocheri, Matthew W.; Sutikna, Thomas; McGrath, Kate; Saptomo, E. Wahyu; Jatmiko, Jatmiko; Helgen, Kristofer M.

doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.02.002

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“…In this study the temperatures were estimated increasing from 27 0 C in 9 ka to 28 0 C in 6 ka. This condition is comparable to the decline of large sized rodents in Liang Bua cave (Veatch et al 2019). It was reconstructed that the climate in Liang Bua has shifted from being wet and organically rich (49-39 ka) to dry and organically poor (36-17 ka) with rainfall levels span is short and if paleo climate becomes fluctuative, unsuitable, then mammalian responses can be rapid (Ruggiero et al 2008, Hetem et al 2014.…”

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Rise of The Tools and Dawn of The Giants: Defaunation of Paleo Mammals of Pawon 6-9 ka

Wibowo¹

2020

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One of factors causing decline of paleo fauna is related to the hunting activities and the use of tools by early hominin. This study aims to observe the relationships of tools and abundances of mammals in early hominin occupancy in Pawon cave for the period of 6000-9000 year ago (ka). The results show low abundances of medium to large mammals. While obsidian tools numbers were observed high. From 8 to 9 ka there were abrupt reductions and followed with the disappearance of medium-large sized mammals included Tragulidae and Bovidae in 6 ka. Simultaneously, uses of obsidian tools in 8-9 ka were common. The reconstructed paleo climate may contribute to the decline of paleo mammal abundances. The temperatures were increasing from 27 0C in 9 ka to 28 0C in 6 ka. Periods of 6-7 ka were indicated by declines of Bovidae and obsidian tools as well. Nonetheless in these periods, there were increase in numbers of pottery and Suidae remains indicated the transition from hunting-gatherer to sedentary prehistoric life

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“…Faunal survey was following methods by Veatch et al (2019). Inside the cave, faunal remains were collected within excavation box from each soil layer.…”

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Rise of The Tools and Dawn of The Giants: Defaunation of Paleo Mammals of Pawon 6-9 ka

Wibowo¹

2020

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“…), and Komodo dragon ( Varanus komodoensis ) from deposits ranging from ~190–50 ka (Table 1). 68 Previous paleoecological reconstructions suggest that Liang Bua was exposed to more‐open terrain from ~190–60 ka before shifting to more‐closed environments at ~60 ka 63,69 . The abrupt disappearance of all five of these larger animals from the Liang Bua stratigraphic sequence, including H .…”

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“…On Flores, the only terrestrial mammalian prey available to H . floresiensis would have been Stegodon and rats 63 . Stegodon in particular would have been a significant source of fatty nutrients for H .…”

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Using niche construction theory to generate testable foraging hypotheses at Liang Bua

Veatch

Ringen

Kilgore

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Evolutionary Anthropology

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Niche construction theory (NCT) has emerged as a promising theoretical tool for interpreting zooarchaeological material. However, its juxtaposition against more established frameworks like optimal foraging theory (OFT) has raised important criticism around the testability of NCT for interpreting hominin foraging behavior. Here, we present an optimization foraging model with NCT features designed to consider the destructive realities of the archaeological record after providing a brief review of OFT and NCT. Our model was designed to consider a foragers decision to exploit an environment given predation risk, mortality, and payoff ratios between different ecologies, like more‐open or more‐forested environments. We then discuss how the model can be used with zooarchaeological data for inferring environmental exploitation by a primitive hominin, Homo floresiensis, from the island of Flores in Southeast Asia. Our example demonstrates that NCT can be used in combination with OFT principles to generate testable foraging hypotheses suitable for zooarchaeological research.

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“…Analyses of their skeletal tissue in palaeontological and archaeological contexts offer insights into spatial and temporal speciation, adaptation, and migration of rats as well as associated fauna (e.g. Dhaliwal, 1962;Rae et al, 2006;Maul et al, 2015;Swift et al, 2018;Veatch et al, 2019). While much is known about the biology, behavior, and anatomy of the common brown (Rattus norvegicus) and black (Rattus rattus) rat (e.g.…”

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Microanatomical Record of Cortical Bone Remodeling and High Vascularity in a Fossil Giant Rat Midshaft Femur

Miszkiewicz

Louys

O’Connor

2019

The Anatomical Record

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Temporal shifts in the distribution of murine rodent body size classes at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) reveal new insights into the paleoecology of Homo floresiensis and associated fauna

Cited by 17 publications

References 52 publications

Rise of The Tools and Dawn of The Giants: Defaunation of Paleo Mammals of Pawon 6-9 ka

Rise of The Tools and Dawn of The Giants: Defaunation of Paleo Mammals of Pawon 6-9 ka

Using niche construction theory to generate testable foraging hypotheses at Liang Bua

Microanatomical Record of Cortical Bone Remodeling and High Vascularity in a Fossil Giant Rat Midshaft Femur

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