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Dominguez-Rodrigo, Manuel, Courtenay, Lloyd A., Cobo-Sanchez, Lucia, Baquedano, Enrique and Mabulla, Audax . A case of hominin scavenging 1.84 million years ago from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1749-6632

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Abstract

Meat eating is one of the hallmarks of human evolution. It has been linked to the beginning of stone tool use, to physiological changes leading to crucial anatomical transformations defining our genus, and to new socioreproductive and cognitive behaviors. Uncontroversial evidence of meat eating goes back to 2.6 million years ago; however, little is known about the frequency and timing with which early hominins acquired animal resources. Here, we show that the combination of hunting and scavenging documented in some modern human foragers may have a long evolutionary trajectory. Using a new set of artificial intelligence methods for objective identification, we present direct evidence of an episode of hominins scavenging from large felids-probably lions-discovered at Olduvai Gorge (DS site, Bed I). This casts a new perspective on the diversity of hominin carcass acquisition behaviors and survival strategies, and places some early Pleistocene hominins in ecological proximity to African large carnivore guilds.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Dominguez-Rodrigo, Manuel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Courtenay, Lloyd A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cobo-Sanchez, Lucia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Baquedano, Enrique UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mabulla, Audax UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-593454
DOI:	10.1111/nyas.14727
Journal or Publication Title:	Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1749-6632
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SURFACE MODIFICATION MODELS; INFERRING FOSSIL HOMININ; STONE TOOLS; FLK 22; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; PERCUSSION MARKS; NATIONAL-PARK; LONG BONES; CUT MARKS; LOMEKWI 3 Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59345