Isotopic evidence for dietary ecology of Late Neandertals in North-Western Europe
Isotopic evidence for dietary ecology of Late Neandertals in North-Western Europe
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西北欧晚期尼安德特人饮食生态学的同位素证据
DOI：
10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.091
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
and H. Bocherens
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作者：
Wibing;C.;H. Rougier;I. Crevecoeur;M. Germonpre;Y.I. Naito;P. Semal;and H. Bocherens
Goyet（比利时）的晚更新世遗址“Troisième caverne”在西北欧发现了最广泛的尼安德特人遗骸，并与丰富多样的大型哺乳动物组合有关。我们使用骨胶原的稳定同位素追踪（δ 13 C和δ 15 N）重建了该地点的饮食生态。所有物种的δ 13 C和δ 15 N值与其他“猛犸草原”地点的观测值一致。使用贝叶斯模型评估了潜在猎物物种对食肉动物（包括尼安德特人）饮食的相对贡献。通过聚类分析确定了草食性和肉食性物种的个体分布，以确定生态位，而不考虑个体的物种属性。捕食者群体中的尼安德特人和以猛犸和驯鹿为代表的食草动物占据了最具体、最狭窄的生态位。Goyet的“Troisième洞穴”可以被视为阿尔卑斯山北部晚更新世尼安德特人生态调查的关键地点。
The Late Pleistocene site “Troisième caverne” of Goyet (Belgium) has yielded the broadest set of Neandertal remains in North-Western Europe and is associated with a rich and diverse large mammal assemblage. We reconstructed the dietary ecology at the site using stable isotope tracking (δ13C and δ15N) of bone collagen. The δ13C and δ15N values of all species are consistent with those observed in other “mammoth steppe” sites. The relative contribution of potential prey species to the diet of carnivores (including Neandertals) was evaluated using a Bayesian model. The distribution of individuals from herbivorous species and carnivorous ones was determined through cluster analysis in order to identify ecological niches, regardless of the individual species attribution. The Neandertals within the predator guild and the mammoth and reindeer as representatives of the herbivores occupied the most specific and most narrow ecological niches. The “Troisième caverne” of Goyet can be regarded as a key site for the investigation of Late Pleistocene Neandertal ecology north of the Alps.