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Earliest known use of marine resources by Neanderthals

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dc.contributor.authorCortés-Sanchez, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorMorales-Muñiz, Arturo
dc.contributor.authorSimón-Vallejo, María D.
dc.contributor.authorLozano-Francisco, María C.
dc.contributor.authorVera-Peláez, José L.
dc.contributor.authorFinlayson, Clive
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez-Vidal, Joaquín
dc.contributor.authorDelgado-Huertas, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorJiménez-Espejo, Francisco J.
dc.contributor.authorMartínez-Ruiz, Francisca
dc.contributor.authorAranzazu Martinez-Aguirre, M.
dc.contributor.authorPascual-Granged, Arturo J.
dc.contributor.authorMerce Bergada-Zapata, M.
dc.contributor.authorGibaja-Bao, Juan F.
dc.contributor.authorRiquelme-Cantal, José A.
dc.contributor.authorAntonio López-Saez, J.
dc.contributor.authorRodrigo-Gamiz, Marta
dc.contributor.authorSakai, Saburo
dc.contributor.authorSugisaki, Saiko
dc.contributor.authorFinlayson, Geraldine
dc.contributor.authorFa, Darren A.
dc.contributor.authorBicho, Nuno Gonçalo Viana Pereira Ferreira
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:58:16Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:58:16Z
dc.date.issued2011-09
dc.description.abstractNumerous studies along the northern Mediterranean borderland have documented the use of shellfish by Neanderthals but none of these finds are prior to Marine Isotopic Stage 3 (MIS 3). In this paper we present evidence that gathering and consumption of mollusks can now be traced back to the lowest level of the archaeological sequence at Bajondillo Cave (Malaga, Spain), dated during the MIS 6. The paper describes the taxonomical and taphonomical features of the mollusk assemblages from this level Bj(19) and briefly touches upon those retrieved in levels Bj(18) (MIS 5) and Bj(17) (MIS 4), evidencing a continuity of the shellfishing activity that reaches to MIS 3. This evidence is substantiated on 29 datings through radiocarbon, thermoluminescence and U series methods. Obtained dates and paleoenvironmental records from the cave include isotopic, pollen, lithostratigraphic and sedimentological analyses and they are fully coherent with paleoclimate conditions expected for the different stages. We conclude that described use of shellfish resources by Neanderthals (H. neanderthalensis) in Southern Spain started similar to 150 ka and were almost contemporaneous to Pinnacle Point (South Africa), when shellfishing is first documented in archaic modern humans.
dc.description.sponsorshipFundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (Portugal); European Science Foundation; Institute of Optics (CSIC); Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [CGL2009-07603, CTM2009-07715, CSD2006-00041, CGL2010-15810]; MARM [200800050084447]; Junta de Andalucia; [RNM 05212]
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024026
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11942
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.subjectWestern Mediterranean Sea
dc.subjectModern human-behavior
dc.subjectModern human origins
dc.subjectSouth-Africa
dc.subjectAquatic adaptations
dc.subjectPinnacle point
dc.subjectAlboran-Sea
dc.subjectCarbon
dc.subjectCave
dc.subjectArchaeology
dc.titleEarliest known use of marine resources by Neanderthals
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue9
oaire.citation.startPagee24026
oaire.citation.titlePlos One
oaire.citation.volume6
person.familyNameBicho
person.givenNameNuno
person.identifierJ-2841-2012
person.identifier.ciencia-id7619-7089-221C
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9655-0549
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