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Birds from sima del elefante, atapuerca, spain: Palaeoecological implications in the oldest human bearing levels of the iberian peninsula
Núñez-Lahuerta C.
;
Galán J.
;
Cuenca Bescós G.
(Universidad de Zaragoza)
;
Huguet R.
Resumen:
Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Early Pleistocene sites has a particular interest as it sheds light on how the arriving of the first Europeans occurred, as well as on the nature of the relation between these humans and the ecosystems. Bird remains are useful tools for this purpose, because they are commonly represented in the assemblages and most taxa still exist, allowing a direct comparison between past and extant birds associations. Here we analyse the bird remains from the Early Pleistocene levels of the Sima del Elefante site (1.1 to 1.5 million years old). Almost 10.000 remains belonging to at least 26 different taxa have been included. The assemblage is dominated by corvids and has a mixed origin, with cave-dwelling taxa dying in the cave and other taxa being accumulated by predators. The Sima del Elefante avian assemblage provides the oldest record of several taxa in the Iberian Peninsula (Haliaeetus albicilla, Corvus pliocaenus). Besides, here we report the oldest evidence of Imperial Eagle in the Iberian Peninsula, prior to the separation of the oriental and Iberian populations. The assemblage composition suggests that open environmental conditions were dominant, with minor presence of woodlands and water bodies, which is congruent with some previous approaches by other proxies. The first humans occupying the Iberian Peninsula inhabited under Mediterranean climate conditions, which gradually deteriorated, as reflected by the avian turnover recorded at the middle Pleistocene Atapuerca assemblages. © 2021 Universita degli Studi di Milano. All rights reserved.
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Inglés
DOI:
10.13130/2039-4942/16027
Año:
2021
Publicado en:
RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
127, 2 (2021), 453-484
ISSN:
0035-6883
Factor impacto JCR:
1.929 (2021)
Categ. JCR:
PALEONTOLOGY
rank: 27 / 54 = 0.5
(2021)
- Q2
- T2
Categ. JCR:
GEOLOGY
rank: 21 / 49 = 0.429
(2021)
- Q2
- T2
Factor impacto CITESCORE:
3.1 -
Earth and Planetary Sciences
(Q2)
Factor impacto SCIMAGO:
0.705 -
Paleontology
(Q1) -
Geology
(Q1)
Financiación:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E18-17R
Financiación:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CGL2015-65387-C3-2-P
Financiación:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/CGL2012-38434-C03-01
Financiación:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/CGL2013-46169-C2-1-P
Tipo y forma:
Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento):
Área Paleontología
(
Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra
)
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