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000163190 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1762-6328$$aDomínguez-García, Ángel C.
000163190 245__ $$aPalaeoecological context for the last Neanderthals of inland Iberia: small mammals from Los Casares cave (Guadalajara, Spain)
000163190 260__ $$c2025
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000163190 5203_ $$aLos Casares cave is a site in inland Iberia that preserves evidence of Late Pleistocene Neanderthal and carnivore occupations. In this paper, we report small mammal assemblages from layers C and Bsingle bondC of the “Seno A" cavity which date from MIS 3 (44–42 cal kyr BP). Taphonomic evidence suggests a mixed predator origin for the assemblage, with contributions from both mammalian carnivores and avian raptors. The presence of Cricetulus bursae, Pliomys coronensis, and Alexandromys oeconomus supports the Late Pleistocene age of the deposit. Our results show that the surrounding landscape was characterized by open areas with humid meadows, forest patches, and abundant water sources. Paleoclimatic reconstruction based on the study of small mammals indicates that the region experienced a relatively stable, warm, and humid typical temperate-Mediterranean ecotonal climate. Inferred temperatures were similar to those today for the area, while annual precipitation was slightly higher. These conditions would have provided a favourable setting for Neanderthal subsistence, offering diverse natural resources within a suitable climatic context. As such, our findings provide an updated palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic framework for the last Neanderthals of inland Iberia.
000163190 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E18$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/805478/EU/Population dynamics and cultural adaptations of the last Neandertals and first Modern humans in inland Iberia: a multi-proxy investigation/MULTIPALEOIBERIA$$9This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 805478-MULTIPALEOIBERIA$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/FPU20-02030
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000163190 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5125-9651$$aCuenca-Bescós, Gloria$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000163190 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0041-0507$$aAlfaro-Ibañez, M. Pilar$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000163190 700__ $$aLuque, Luis
000163190 700__ $$aAlcolea-González, J. Javier
000163190 700__ $$aAlcaraz-Castaño, Manuel
000163190 7102_ $$12000$$2655$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ciencias de la Tierra$$cÁrea Paleontología
000163190 773__ $$g680 (2025), 113325 [14 pp.]$$pPalaeogeogr. palaeoclimatol. palaeoecol.$$tPALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY$$x0031-0182
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