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1. Strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa allows tracing origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade.

Author

Wang, Xueye, Bocksberger, Gaëlle, Arandjelovic, Mimi, Agbor, Anthony, Angedakin, Samuel, Aubert, Floris, Ayimisin, Emmanuel, Bailey, Emma, Barubiyo, Donatienne, Bessone, Mattia, Bobe, René, Bonnet, Matthieu, Boucher, Renée, Brazzola, Gregory, Brewer, Simon, Lee, Kevin, Carvalho, Susana, Chancellor, Rebecca, Cipoletta, Chloe, Cohen, Heather, Copeland, Sandi, Corogenes, Katherine, Costa, Ana, Coupland, Charlotte, Curran, Bryan, de Ruiter, Darryl, Deschner, Tobias, Dieguez, Paula, Dierks, Karsten, Dilambaka, Emmanuel, Dowd, Dervla, Dunn, Andrew, Egbe, Villard, Finckh, Manfred, Fruth, Barbara, Gijanto, Liza, Yuh, Yisa, Goedmakers, Annemarie, Gokee, Cameron, Gomes Coelho, Rui, Goodman, Alan, Granjon, Anne-Céline, Grimes, Vaughan, Grueter, Cyril, Haour, Anne, Hedwig, Daniela, Hermans, Veerle, Hernandez-Aguilar, R, Hohmann, Gottfried, Imong, Inaoyom, Jeffery, Kathryn, Jones, Sorrel, Junker, Jessica, Kadam, Parag, Kambere, Mbangi, Kambi, Mohamed, Kienast, Ivonne, Knudson, Kelly, Langergraber, Kevin, Lapeyre, Vincent, Lapuente, Juan, Larson, Bradley, Lautenschläger, Thea, le Roux, Petrus, Leinert, Vera, Llana, Manuel, Logan, Amanda, Lowry, Brynn, Lüdecke, Tina, Maretti, Giovanna, Marrocoli, Sergio, Fernandez, Rumen, McNeill, Patricia, Meier, Amelia, Meller, Paulina, Monroe, J, Morgan, David, Mulindahabi, Felix, Murai, Mizuki, Neil, Emily, Nicholl, Sonia, Niyigaba, Protais, Normand, Emmanuelle, Ormsby, Lucy, Diotoh, Orume, Pacheco, Liliana, Piel, Alex, Preece, Jodie, Regnaut, Sebastien, Richard, Francois, Richards, Michael, Rundus, Aaron, Sanz, Crickette, Sommer, Volker, Sponheimer, Matt, Steele, Teresa, Stewart, Fiona, Tagg, Nikki, Tédonzong, Luc, and Tickle, Alexander

Subjects
Strontium Isotopes, Africa South of the Sahara, Humans, Archaeology, Enslaved Persons, Human Migration
Abstract

Strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) analysis with reference to strontium isotope landscapes (Sr isoscapes) allows reconstructing mobility and migration in archaeology, ecology, and forensics. However, despite the vast potential of research involving 87Sr/86Sr analysis particularly in Africa, Sr isoscapes remain unavailable for the largest parts of the continent. Here, we measure the 87Sr/86Sr ratios in 778 environmental samples from 24 African countries and combine this data with published data to model a bioavailable Sr isoscape for sub-Saharan Africa using random forest regression. We demonstrate the efficacy of this Sr isoscape, in combination with other lines of evidence, to trace the African roots of individuals from historic slavery contexts, particularly those with highly radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr ratios uncommon in the African Diaspora. Our study provides an extensive African 87Sr/86Sr dataset which includes scientifically marginalized regions of Africa, with significant implications for the archaeology of the transatlantic slave trade, wildlife ecology, conservation, and forensics.

Published
2024

2. The history of Coast Salish woolly dogs revealed by ancient genomics and Indigenous Knowledge.

Author

Lin, Audrey, Hammond-Kaarremaa, Liz, Liu, Hsiao-Lei, Stantis, Chris, McKechnie, Iain, Pavel, Michael, Pavel, Susan, Wyss, Senaqwila, Sparrow, Debra, Carr, Karen, Aninta, Sabhrina, Perri, Angela, Hartt, Jonathan, Bergström, Anders, Carmagnini, Alberto, Charlton, Sophy, Dalén, Love, Feuerborn, Tatiana, France, Christine, Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Grimes, Vaughan, Harris, Alex, Kavich, Gwénaëlle, Sinding, Mikkel-Holger, Skoglund, Pontus, Stanton, David, Ostrander, Elaine, Larson, Greger, Armstrong, Chelsey, Frantz, Laurent, Hawkins, Melissa, Kistler, Logan, and Sacks, Benjamin

Subjects
Animals, Dogs, Genomics, Northwestern United States, Breeding, Wool, Selection, Genetic
Abstract

Ancestral Coast Salish societies in the Pacific Northwest kept long-haired woolly dogs that were bred and cared for over millennia. However, the dog wool-weaving tradition declined during the 19th century, and the population was lost. In this study, we analyzed genomic and isotopic data from a preserved woolly dog pelt from Mutton, collected in 1859. Mutton is the only known example of an Indigenous North American dog with dominant precolonial ancestry postdating the onset of settler colonialism. We identified candidate genetic variants potentially linked with their distinct woolly phenotype. We integrated these data with interviews from Coast Salish Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and weavers about shared traditional knowledge and memories surrounding woolly dogs, their importance within Coast Salish societies, and how colonial policies led directly to their disappearance.

Published
2023

5. Reassessing the Abandonment of Pig Husbandry in Post-Viking Iceland: An Isotopic Approach

Author

Guiry, Eric, Dupont-Hébert, Céline, Grimes, Vaughan, Eerkens, Jelmer, Series Editor, Çakırlar, Canan, Editorial Board Member, Iizuka, Fumie, Editorial Board Member, Seetah, Krish, Editorial Board Member, Sugranes, Nuria, Editorial Board Member, Tushingham, Shannon, Editorial Board Member, Wilson, Chris, Editorial Board Member, Beasley, Melanie M., editor, and Somerville, Andrew D., editor

Published
2023
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17. Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

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Raghavan, Maanasa, Steinrücken, Matthias, Harris, Kelley, Schiffels, Stephan, Rasmussen, Simon, DeGiorgio, Michael, Albrechtsen, Anders, Valdiosera, Cristina, Ávila-Arcos, María C, Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Eriksson, Anders, Moltke, Ida, Metspalu, Mait, Homburger, Julian R, Wall, Jeff, Cornejo, Omar E, Moreno-Mayar, J Víctor, Korneliussen, Thorfinn S, Pierre, Tracey, Rasmussen, Morten, Campos, Paula F, de Barros Damgaard, Peter, Allentoft, Morten E, Lindo, John, Metspalu, Ene, Rodríguez-Varela, Ricardo, Mansilla, Josefina, Henrickson, Celeste, Seguin-Orlando, Andaine, Malmström, Helena, Stafford, Thomas, Shringarpure, Suyash S, Moreno-Estrada, Andrés, Karmin, Monika, Tambets, Kristiina, Bergström, Anders, Xue, Yali, Warmuth, Vera, Friend, Andrew D, Singarayer, Joy, Valdes, Paul, Balloux, Francois, Leboreiro, Ilán, Vera, Jose Luis, Rangel-Villalobos, Hector, Pettener, Davide, Luiselli, Donata, Davis, Loren G, Heyer, Evelyne, Zollikofer, Christoph PE, Ponce de León, Marcia S, Smith, Colin I, Grimes, Vaughan, Pike, Kelly-Anne, Deal, Michael, Fuller, Benjamin T, Arriaza, Bernardo, Standen, Vivien, Luz, Maria F, Ricaut, Francois, Guidon, Niede, Osipova, Ludmila, Voevoda, Mikhail I, Posukh, Olga L, Balanovsky, Oleg, Lavryashina, Maria, Bogunov, Yuri, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Gubina, Marina, Balanovska, Elena, Fedorova, Sardana, Litvinov, Sergey, Malyarchuk, Boris, Derenko, Miroslava, Mosher, MJ, Archer, David, Cybulski, Jerome, Petzelt, Barbara, Mitchell, Joycelynn, Worl, Rosita, Norman, Paul J, Parham, Peter, Kemp, Brian M, Kivisild, Toomas, Tyler-Smith, Chris, Sandhu, Manjinder S, Crawford, Michael, Villems, Richard, Smith, David Glenn, Waters, Michael R, Goebel, Ted, Johnson, John R, Malhi, Ripan S, Jakobsson, Mattias, Meltzer, David J, Manica, Andrea, Durbin, Richard, Bustamante, Carlos D, Song, Yun S, and Nielsen, Rasmus

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, History, Heritage and Archaeology, Human Society, Historical Studies, Anthropology, Minority Health, Human Genome, American Indian or Alaska Native, Americas, Gene Flow, Genomics, History, Ancient, Human Migration, Humans, Indians, North American, Models, Genetic, Siberia, General Science & Technology
Abstract

How and when the Americas were populated remains contentious. Using ancient and modern genome-wide data, we found that the ancestors of all present-day Native Americans, including Athabascans and Amerindians, entered the Americas as a single migration wave from Siberia no earlier than 23 thousand years ago (ka) and after no more than an 8000-year isolation period in Beringia. After their arrival to the Americas, ancestral Native Americans diversified into two basal genetic branches around 13 ka, one that is now dispersed across North and South America and the other restricted to North America. Subsequent gene flow resulted in some Native Americans sharing ancestry with present-day East Asians (including Siberians) and, more distantly, Australo-Melanesians. Putative "Paleoamerican" relict populations, including the historical Mexican Pericúes and South American Fuego-Patagonians, are not directly related to modern Australo-Melanesians as suggested by the Paleoamerican Model.

Published
2015

18. POPULATION GENETICS. Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans.

Author

Raghavan, Maanasa, Steinrücken, Matthias, Harris, Kelley, Schiffels, Stephan, Rasmussen, Simon, DeGiorgio, Michael, Albrechtsen, Anders, Valdiosera, Cristina, Ávila-Arcos, María C, Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Eriksson, Anders, Moltke, Ida, Metspalu, Mait, Homburger, Julian R, Wall, Jeff, Cornejo, Omar E, Moreno-Mayar, J Víctor, Korneliussen, Thorfinn S, Pierre, Tracey, Rasmussen, Morten, Campos, Paula F, de Barros Damgaard, Peter, Allentoft, Morten E, Lindo, John, Metspalu, Ene, Rodríguez-Varela, Ricardo, Mansilla, Josefina, Henrickson, Celeste, Seguin-Orlando, Andaine, Malmström, Helena, Stafford, Thomas, Shringarpure, Suyash S, Moreno-Estrada, Andrés, Karmin, Monika, Tambets, Kristiina, Bergström, Anders, Xue, Yali, Warmuth, Vera, Friend, Andrew D, Singarayer, Joy, Valdes, Paul, Balloux, Francois, Leboreiro, Ilán, Vera, Jose Luis, Rangel-Villalobos, Hector, Pettener, Davide, Luiselli, Donata, Davis, Loren G, Heyer, Evelyne, Zollikofer, Christoph PE, Ponce de León, Marcia S, Smith, Colin I, Grimes, Vaughan, Pike, Kelly-Anne, Deal, Michael, Fuller, Benjamin T, Arriaza, Bernardo, Standen, Vivien, Luz, Maria F, Ricaut, Francois, Guidon, Niede, Osipova, Ludmila, Voevoda, Mikhail I, Posukh, Olga L, Balanovsky, Oleg, Lavryashina, Maria, Bogunov, Yuri, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Gubina, Marina, Balanovska, Elena, Fedorova, Sardana, Litvinov, Sergey, Malyarchuk, Boris, Derenko, Miroslava, Mosher, MJ, Archer, David, Cybulski, Jerome, Petzelt, Barbara, Mitchell, Joycelynn, Worl, Rosita, Norman, Paul J, Parham, Peter, Kemp, Brian M, Kivisild, Toomas, Tyler-Smith, Chris, Sandhu, Manjinder S, Crawford, Michael, Villems, Richard, Smith, David Glenn, Waters, Michael R, Goebel, Ted, Johnson, John R, Malhi, Ripan S, Jakobsson, Mattias, Meltzer, David J, Manica, Andrea, Durbin, Richard, Bustamante, Carlos D, Song, Yun S, and Nielsen, Rasmus

Subjects
Humans, Genomics, Models, Genetic, History, Ancient, Indians, North American, Americas, Siberia, Gene Flow, Human Migration, Human Genome, Genetics, General Science & Technology
Abstract

How and when the Americas were populated remains contentious. Using ancient and modern genome-wide data, we found that the ancestors of all present-day Native Americans, including Athabascans and Amerindians, entered the Americas as a single migration wave from Siberia no earlier than 23 thousand years ago (ka) and after no more than an 8000-year isolation period in Beringia. After their arrival to the Americas, ancestral Native Americans diversified into two basal genetic branches around 13 ka, one that is now dispersed across North and South America and the other restricted to North America. Subsequent gene flow resulted in some Native Americans sharing ancestry with present-day East Asians (including Siberians) and, more distantly, Australo-Melanesians. Putative "Paleoamerican" relict populations, including the historical Mexican Pericúes and South American Fuego-Patagonians, are not directly related to modern Australo-Melanesians as suggested by the Paleoamerican Model.

Published
2015

20. The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic

Author

Raghavan, Maanasa, DeGiorgio, Michael, Albrechtsen, Anders, Moltke, Ida, Skoglund, Pontus, Korneliussen, Thorfinn S, Grønnow, Bjarne, Appelt, Martin, Gulløv, Hans Christian, Friesen, T Max, Fitzhugh, William, Malmström, Helena, Rasmussen, Simon, Olsen, Jesper, Melchior, Linea, Fuller, Benjamin T, Fahrni, Simon M, Stafford, Thomas, Grimes, Vaughan, Renouf, MA Priscilla, Cybulski, Jerome, Lynnerup, Niels, Lahr, Marta Mirazon, Britton, Kate, Knecht, Rick, Arneborg, Jette, Metspalu, Mait, Cornejo, Omar E, Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Wang, Yong, Rasmussen, Morten, Raghavan, Vibha, Hansen, Thomas VO, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Pierre, Tracey, Dneprovsky, Kirill, Andreasen, Claus, Lange, Hans, Hayes, M Geoffrey, Coltrain, Joan, Spitsyn, Victor A, Götherström, Anders, Orlando, Ludovic, Kivisild, Toomas, Villems, Richard, Crawford, Michael H, Nielsen, Finn C, Dissing, Jørgen, Heinemeier, Jan, Meldgaard, Morten, Bustamante, Carlos, O'Rourke, Dennis H, Jakobsson, Mattias, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Nielsen, Rasmus, and Willerslev, Eske

Subjects
Genetics, Alaska, Arctic Regions, Base Sequence, Bone and Bones, Canada, DNA, Mitochondrial, Genome, Human, Greenland, Hair, History, Ancient, Human Migration, Humans, Inuit, Molecular Sequence Data, Siberia, Survivors, Tooth, General Science & Technology
Abstract

The New World Arctic, the last region of the Americas to be populated by humans, has a relatively well-researched archaeology, but an understanding of its genetic history is lacking. We present genome-wide sequence data from ancient and present-day humans from Greenland, Arctic Canada, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, and Siberia. We show that Paleo-Eskimos (~3000 BCE to 1300 CE) represent a migration pulse into the Americas independent of both Native American and Inuit expansions. Furthermore, the genetic continuity characterizing the Paleo-Eskimo period was interrupted by the arrival of a new population, representing the ancestors of present-day Inuit, with evidence of past gene flow between these lineages. Despite periodic abandonment of major Arctic regions, a single Paleo-Eskimo metapopulation likely survived in near-isolation for more than 4000 years, only to vanish around 700 years ago.

Published
2014

22. The evolutionary history of dogs in the Americas

Author

Leathlobhair, Máire Ní, Perri, Angela R., Irving-Pease, Evan K., Witt, Kelsey E., Linderholm, Anna, Haile, James, Lebrasseur, Ophelie, Ameen, Carly, Blick, Jeffrey, Boyko, Adam R., Brace, Selina, Cortes, Yahaira Nunes, Crockford, Susan J., Devault, Alison, Dimopoulos, Evangelos A., Eldridge, Morley, Enk, Jacob, Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Gori, Kevin, Grimes, Vaughan, Guiry, Eric, Hansen, Anders J., Hulme-Beaman, Ardern, Johnson, John, Kitchen, Andrew, Kasparov, Aleksei K., Kwon, Young-Mi, Nikolskiy, Pavel A., Lope, Carlos Peraza, Manin, Aurélie, Martin, Terrance, Meyer, Michael, Myers, Kelsey Noack, Omura, Mark, Rouillard, Jean-Marie, Pavlova, Elena Y., Sciulli, Paul, Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S., Strakova, Andrea, Ivanova, Varvara V., Widga, Christopher, Willerslev, Eske, Pitulko, Vladimir V., Barnes, Ian, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Dobney, Keith M., Malhi, Ripan S., Murchison, Elizabeth P., Larson, Greger, and Frantz, Laurent A. F.

Published
2018

25. Exploitation of Resources and Procurement Strategies

Author

Dobney, Keith, primary, Jaques, Deborah, additional, Barrett, James, additional, Johnstone, Cluny, additional, Carrott, John, additional, Hall, Allan, additional, Herman, Jerry, additional, Nichols, Courtney, additional, Muldner, Gundula, additional, and Grimes, Vaughan, additional

Published
2019
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28. The history of Coast Salish 'woolly dogs' revealed by ancient genomics and Indigenous Knowledge

Author

Lin, Audrey T., Hammond-Kaarremaa, Liz, Liu, Hsiao-Lei, Stantis, Chris, McKechnie, Iain, Pavel, Michael, Pavel, Susan Sa'hLa MitSa, Wyss, Senaqwila Sen̓áḵw, Sparrow, Debra Qwasen, Carr, Karen, Aninta, Sabhrina Gita, Perri, Angela, Hartt, Jonathan, Bergström, Anders, Carmagnini, Alberto, Charlton, Sophy, Dalén, Love, Feuerborn, Tatiana R., France, Christine A. M., Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Grimes, Vaughan, Harris, Alex, Kavich, Gwénaëlle, Sacks, Benjamin N., Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S., Skoglund, Pontus, Stanton, David W. G., Ostrander, Elaine A., Larson, Greger, Armstrong, Chelsey G., Frantz, Laurent A. F., Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Kistler, Logan, Lin, Audrey T., Hammond-Kaarremaa, Liz, Liu, Hsiao-Lei, Stantis, Chris, McKechnie, Iain, Pavel, Michael, Pavel, Susan Sa'hLa MitSa, Wyss, Senaqwila Sen̓áḵw, Sparrow, Debra Qwasen, Carr, Karen, Aninta, Sabhrina Gita, Perri, Angela, Hartt, Jonathan, Bergström, Anders, Carmagnini, Alberto, Charlton, Sophy, Dalén, Love, Feuerborn, Tatiana R., France, Christine A. M., Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Grimes, Vaughan, Harris, Alex, Kavich, Gwénaëlle, Sacks, Benjamin N., Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S., Skoglund, Pontus, Stanton, David W. G., Ostrander, Elaine A., Larson, Greger, Armstrong, Chelsey G., Frantz, Laurent A. F., Hawkins, Melissa T. R., and Kistler, Logan

Abstract

Ancestral Coast Salish societies in the Pacific Northwest kept long-haired woolly dogs that were bred and cared for over millennia. However, the dog wool-weaving tradition declined during the 19th century, and the population was lost. In this study, we analyzed genomic and isotopic data from a preserved woolly dog pelt from "Mutton", collected in 1859. Mutton is the only known example of an Indigenous North American dog with dominant precolonial ancestry postdating the onset of settler colonialism. We identified candidate genetic variants potentially linked with their distinct woolly phenotype. We integrated these data with interviews from Coast Salish Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and weavers about shared traditional knowledge and memories surrounding woolly dogs, their importance within Coast Salish societies, and how colonial policies led directly to their disappearance.

Published
2023
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31. Emergence, continuity, and evolution of Yersinia pestis throughout medieval and early modern Denmark

Author

Eaton, Katherine, primary, Sidhu, Ravneet K., additional, Klunk, Jennifer, additional, Gamble, Julia A., additional, Boldsen, Jesper L., additional, Carmichael, Ann G., additional, Varlık, Nükhet, additional, Duchene, Sebastian, additional, Featherstone, Leo, additional, Grimes, Vaughan, additional, Golding, G. Brian, additional, DeWitte, Sharon N., additional, Holmes, Edward C., additional, and Poinar, Hendrik N., additional

Published
2023
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36. Farmers, Monks and Aristocrats : The environmental archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Flixborough

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Dobney, Keith, Jaques, Deborah, Barrett, James, Johnstone, Cluny, Loveluck, Christopher, Hall, Allan, Carrott, John, Herman, Jerry, Slater, David, Nichols, Courtney, Haynes, Susan, Bretman, Amanda, La Ferla, Beverley, Muldner, Gundula, Grimes, Vaughan, Dobney, Keith, Jaques, Deborah, Barrett, James, Johnstone, Cluny, Loveluck, Christopher, Hall, Allan, Carrott, John, Herman, Jerry, Slater, David, Nichols, Courtney, Haynes, Susan, Bretman, Amanda, La Ferla, Beverley, Muldner, Gundula, and Grimes, Vaughan

Published
2019
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46. Dietary niche separation of three Late Pleistocene bear species from Vancouver Island, on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America.

Author

Kubiak, Cara, Grimes, Vaughan, Van Biesen, Geert, Keddie, Grant, Buckley, Mike, Macdonald, Reba, and Richards, M. P.

Subjects
RADIOCARBON dating, BROWN bear, BLACK bear, PLEISTOCENE Epoch, STABLE isotope analysis, STABLE isotopes, BIOLOGICAL extinction, SPECIES
Abstract

Competition between taxa related to climate changes has been proposed as a possible factor in Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions, and here we present isotope evidence of the diets of three co‐existing bear species [black bear (Ursus americanus), brown bear (Ursus arctos), and the now extinct short‐faced bear (Arctodus simus)] from a locale in western North America dating to the Late (Terminal) Pleistocene (~14.5–11.7 ka). The three bear species were found at several sites on Vancouver Island, on the western coast of Canada. To examine the chronological overlap and niche partitioning between these species of bear, we used direct radiocarbon dating, stable isotope analysis and ZooMS proteomic identification methods. Here we present new radiocarbon evidence from Terminal Pleistocene U. americanus, U. arctos and A. simus from several sites on the island, along with both bulk collagen and compound‐specific isotope data for these species. Radiocarbon dates confirm the chronological overlap of Arctodus and both Ursus species in the montane regions of the island at the end of the Pleistocene. Stable isotope data reveal niche differentiation between these species, with U. americanus occupying a distinctly lower trophic position than the other two taxa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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47. Strontium isotope evidence for landscape use by early hominins

Author

Copeland, Sandi R., Sponheimer, Matt, de Ruiter, Darryl J., Lee-Thorp, Julia A., Codron, Daryl, le Roux, Petrus J., Grimes, Vaughan, and Richards, Michael P.

Subjects
Research, Teeth -- Research, Strontium -- Research, Hominids -- Research
Abstract

Established palaeontological and archaeological techniques provide little tangible evidence of how early hominins used and moved across landscapes. For example, home-range size has been estimated on the basis of a [...], Ranging and residence patterns among early hominins have been indirectly inferred from morphology (1,2), stone-tool sourcing (3), referential models (4,5) and phylogenetic models (6-8). However, the highly uncertain nature of such reconstructions limits our understanding of early hominin ecology, biology, social structure and evolution. We investigated landscape use in Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus from the Sterkfontein and Swartkrans cave sites in South Africa using strontium isotope analysis, a method that can help to identify the geological substrate on which an animal lived during tooth mineralization. Here we show that a higher proportion of small hominins than large hominins had non-local strontium isotope compositions. Given the relatively high levels of sexual dimorphism in early hominins, the smaller teeth are likely to represent female individuals, thus indicating that females were more likely than males to disperse from their natal groups. This is similar to the dispersal pattern found in chimpanzees (9), bonobos (10) and many human groups (11), but dissimilar from that of most gorillas and other primates (12). The small proportion of demonstrably non-local large hominin individuals could indicate that male australopiths had relatively small home ranges, or that they preferred dolomitic landscapes.

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2011
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49. ARCTIC GENETICS: The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic

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Raghavan, Maanasa, DeGiorgio, Michael, Albrechtsen, Anders, Moltke, Ida, Skoglund, Pontus, Korneliussen, Thorfinn S., Grønnow, Bjarne, Appelt, Martin, Gulløv, Hans Christian, Friesen, Max T., Fitzhugh, William, Malmström, Helena, Rasmussen, Simon, Olsen, Jesper, Melchior, Linea, Fuller, Benjamin T., Fahrni, Simon M., Stafford, Thomas, Jr., Grimes, Vaughan, Renouf, Priscilla M. A., Cybulski, Jerome, Lynnerup, Niels, Lahr, Marta Mirazon, Britton, Kate, Knecht, Rick, Arneborg, Jette, Metspalu, Mait, Cornejo, Omar E., Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Wang, Yong, Rasmussen, Morten, Raghavan, Vibha, Hansen, Thomas V. O., Khusnutdinova, Elza, Pierre, Tracey, Dneprovsky, Kirill, Andreasen, Claus, Lange, Hans, Hayes, Geoffrey M., Coltrain, Joan, Spitsyn, Victor A., Götherström, Anders, Orlando, Ludovic, Kivisild, Toomas, Villems, Richard, Crawford, Michael H., Nielsen, Finn C., Dissing, Jørgen, Heinemeier, Jan, Meldgaard, Morten, Bustamante, Carlos, OʼRourke, Dennis H., Jakobsson, Mattias, Gilbert, Thomas M. P., Nielsen, Rasmus, and Willerslev, Eske

Published
2014
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