Were Upper Pleistocene human/non-human predator occupations at the Témara caves (El Harhoura 2 and El Mnasra, Morocco) influenced by climate change?

African carnivores as taphonomic agents: Contribution of modern coprogenic sample analysis to their identification

“…Several predators, including humans, but also small, medium, and large carnivores, are involved in the formation of various North African Late Pleistocene faunal assemblages (e.g., Campmas et al, ; Campmas, Michel, Costamagno, El Hajraoui, & Nespoulet, ; Daujeard, Geraads, Raynal, Mohib, & Gallotti, ; Monchot & Aouraghe, ; Stoetzel, ; Stoetzel, Denys, Bailon, El Hajraoui, & Nespoulet, ; Stoetzel, Marion, Nespoulet, El Hajraoui, & Denys, ). It is now commonly admitted that microvertebrate accumulations mainly result from predation and especially from owl pellets in cave contexts (e.g., Andrews, ; Stoetzel et al, ).…”

“…Very few taphonomic analyses have yet been undertaken for these predators (Denys et al, ; Stoetzel & Denys, ), and there are no references whatsoever for Morocco, where many archaeological sites have been proven to partly result from carnivore action (Amani, Reed, Hallett‐Desguez, Bougariane, & Reed, ; Bougariane, ; Campmas, ; Campmas et al, , ; Daujeard et al, ; Daujeard, Geraads, Gallotti, Mohib, & Raynal, ; Daujeard et al, ; Monchot & Aouraghe, ; Stoetzel et al, ).…”

“…In addition, the striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) is still sometimes observed in North Africa (Aulagnier, Bayed, Cuzin, & Thévenot, 2015;Aulagnier et al, 2017Aulagnier et al, , 2008Kingdon, 2006). Very few taphonomic analyses have yet been undertaken for these predators (Denys et al, 1992;, and there are no references whatsoever for Morocco, where many archaeological sites have been proven to partly result from carnivore action (Amani, Reed, Hallett-Desguez, Bougariane, & Reed, 2012;Bougariane, 2013;Campmas, 2012;Campmas et al, 2015Campmas et al, , 2017Daujeard et al, 2016;Daujeard, Geraads, Gallotti, Mohib, & Raynal, 2012;Daujeard et al, 2011;Monchot & Aouraghe, 2009;…”

Ma'anshan cave and the origin of bone tool technology in China

“…Tusks of warthog or bushpig, first split and subsequently worked by grinding and scraping to produce robust awls and projectile points, were recovered at Border Cave from layers dated to between 60 ka and 42 ka (d 'Errico et al, 2012a). In North Africa, complete or longitudinally split ribs of large herbivores, thinned by scraping and grinding, come from layer 5 of El Mnasra, dated by optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) to 107 ± 6.6 and 106 ± 6.6 kya (Campmas et al, 2015;Jacobs et al, 2012). In the interior of Africa, barbed and un-barbed bone points, interpreted as harpoons, were retrieved from the Katanda sites, located in the Semliki Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo Yellen et al, 1995).…”

Similarities and differences in the lifestyles of populations using mode 3 technology in North Africa and the south of the Iberian Peninsula

“…In addition to the similarity of the lithic technology found in the northern and southern shores of the Strait of Gibraltar, we want to highlight that the exploitation of marine resources appears to have been very similar in South Iberia (Finlayson et al, 2006;Finlayson, 2008Finlayson, , 2009Stringer et al, 2008;Zilhao et al, 2010;Colonese et al, 2011;Cortés et al, 2011), and North Africa, as shown by the evidence found in Benzú (Cantillo et al, 2010;Cantillo, 2015;Ramos-Muñoz et al, 2016 b), and other sites in the region, such as Ifri n'Ammar (Nami and Moser, 2010), Grotte de Pigeons, in Taforalt (D'Errico et al, 2009) and the caves in the region Rabat-Temara (Nespoulet et al, 2008 a;El Hajraoui et al, 2016;Campmas, 2017;Campmas et al, 2015Campmas et al, , 2016Chakroun et al, 2017).…”