期刊
JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
卷 156, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.102985
关键词
Stable isotopes; Dental calculus; Diet; Hunting; Central Asia; Plant consumption
资金
- Max Planck Society
- Russian Science Foundation [19-48-04107]
- Generalitat Valenciana [CIDEGENT/2019/061]
- Spanish government [EUR2020-112213]
- Russian Science Foundation [19-48-04107] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
A study on Neanderthals in Chagyrskaya Cave in Southern Siberia, Russia analyzed carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in bone collagen and dental calculus, revealing a diet of hunting large- and medium-sized ungulates and consuming plants.
Neanderthals are known primarily from their habitation of Western Eurasia, but they also populated large expanses of Northern Asia for thousands of years. Owing to a sparse archaeological record, relatively little is known about these eastern Neanderthal populations. Unlike in their western range, there are limited zooarchaeological and paleobotanical studies that inform us about the nature of their subsistence. Here, we perform a combined analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes on bone collagen and microbotanical remains in dental calculus to reconstruct the diet of eastern Neanderthals at Chagyrskaya Cave in the Altai Mountains of Southern Siberia, Russia. Stable isotopes identify one individual as possessing a high trophic level due to the hunting of large- and medium-sized ungulates, while the analysis of dental calculus also indicates the presence of plants in the diet of this individual and others from the site. These findings indicate eastern Neanderthals may have had broadly similar subsistence patterns to those elsewhere in their range. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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