Dominguez-Rodrigo, Manuel, Baquedano, Enrique, Organista, Elia, Cobo-Sanchez, Lucia, Mabulla, Audax, Maskara, Vivek, Gidna, Agness, Pizarro-Monzo, Marcos, Aramendi, Julia ORCID: 0000-0003-3725-3776, Galan, Ana Belen, Cifuentes-Alcobendas, Gabriel ORCID: 0000-0001-7316-0441, Vegara-Riquelme, Marina, Jimenez-Garcia, Blanca ORCID: 0000-0001-8402-4648, Abellan, Natalia, Barba, Rebeca, Uribelarrea, David, Martin-Perea, David, Diez-Martin, Fernando, Manuel Maillo-Fernandez, Jose, Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Antonio, Courtenay, Lloyd, Mora, Rocio, Angel Mate-Gonzalez, Miguel and Gonzalez-Aguilera, Diego ORCID: 0000-0002-8949-4216 (2021). Early Pleistocene faunivorous hominins were not kleptoparasitic, and this impacted the evolution of human anatomy and socio-ecology. Sci Rep, 11 (1). BERLIN: NATURE PORTFOLIO. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

Humans are unique in their diet, physiology and socio-reproductive behavior compared to other primates. They are also unique in the ubiquitous adaptation to all biomes and habitats. From an evolutionary perspective, these trends seem to have started about two million years ago, coinciding with the emergence of encephalization, the reduction of the dental apparatus, the adoption of a fully terrestrial lifestyle, resulting in the emergence of the modern anatomical bauplan, the focalization of certain activities in the landscape, the use of stone tools, and the exit from Africa. It is in this period that clear taphonomic evidence of a switch in diet with respect to Pliocene hominins occurred, with the adoption of carnivory. Until now, the degree of carnivorism in early humans remained controversial. A persistent hypothesis is that hominins acquired meat irregularly (potentially as fallback food) and opportunistically through klepto-foraging. Here, we test this hypothesis and show, in contrast, that the butchery practices of early Pleistocene hominins (unveiled through systematic study of the patterning and intensity of cut marks on their prey) could not have resulted from having frequent secondary access to carcasses. We provide evidence of hominin primary access to animal resources and emphasize the role that meat played in their diets, their ecology and their anatomical evolution, ultimately resulting in the ecologically unrestricted terrestrial adaptation of our species. This has major implications to the evolution of human physiology and potentially for the evolution of the human brain.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Dominguez-Rodrigo, ManuelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Baquedano, EnriqueUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Organista, EliaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Cobo-Sanchez, LuciaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Mabulla, AudaxUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Maskara, VivekUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gidna, AgnessUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pizarro-Monzo, MarcosUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Aramendi, JuliaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-3725-3776UNSPECIFIED
Galan, Ana BelenUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Cifuentes-Alcobendas, GabrielUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-7316-0441UNSPECIFIED
Vegara-Riquelme, MarinaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Jimenez-Garcia, BlancaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-8402-4648UNSPECIFIED
Abellan, NataliaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Barba, RebecaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Uribelarrea, DavidUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Martin-Perea, DavidUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Diez-Martin, FernandoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Manuel Maillo-Fernandez, JoseUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rodriguez-Hidalgo, AntonioUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Courtenay, LloydUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Mora, RocioUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Angel Mate-Gonzalez, MiguelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gonzalez-Aguilera, DiegoUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-8949-4216UNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-604973
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94783-4
Journal or Publication Title: Sci Rep
Volume: 11
Number: 1
Date: 2021
Publisher: NATURE PORTFOLIO
Place of Publication: BERLIN
ISSN: 2045-2322
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
SURFACE MODIFICATION MODELS; INFERRING FOSSIL HOMININ; OLDUVAI GORGE; PREY SIZE; FLK-ZINJ; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; TOOTH MARKS; BODY-SIZE; BONE; PREDATORMultiple languages
Multidisciplinary SciencesMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/60497

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