Feeding ecology of Late Pleistocene Muntiacus muntjak in the Padang Highlands (Sumatra)

Wirkner, Mathias; Hertler, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2019.03.004

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“…Janssen et al (2016), Louys et al (2021, 2022 and Chapter 6 (this volume) examine different palaeodietary proxies that not only reveal the ready availability of rainforest habitats in Padang but also hint at the presence of slightly or significantly more open environments or greater seasonality during some parts of the Pleistocene. This is clearest in the stable isotope studies of Janssen et al (2016) and Chapter 5 (this volume) but could also be reflected in the dental wear patterns in the Padang deer (Gruwier et al this volume;Wirkner and Hertler 2019). Of course, these are only hints, and need to be confirmed with more extensive analyses, preferably of well-dated and well-provenanced specimens.…”

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Concluding remarks: Continuing the work in Sumatran connections

Louys,

Albers,

van der Geer

2024

Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra

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The island of Sumatra is at a critical crossroads of biodiversity and cultural diversity in Southeast Asia. Despite its central geographical position, the island has received relatively limited archaeological and palaeontological attention in comparison with its immediate neighbours to the north (the Thai-Malay Peninsula) and the south (Java), particularly regarding the Pleistocene. This volume has drawn together the history and current status of Sumatran archaeological and palaeontological research and, it is hoped, provides a firm baseline from which understanding of the island can progress. As hinted throughout the contributions presented in this volume, we are barely scratching the surface in our understanding of the biotic and cultural history of Sumatra, and it is telling that the first large-scale explorations and collections from the island, those conducted by Dubois in the late 1880s, still form the basis of much of the current research presented in these pages. The common theme emerging from all the chapters is one of connection-within Sumatra, but more importantly with the rest of Southeast Asia-biologically, culturally and through time and space. We echo the call of researchers from the 1970s-Edwards McKinnon, Bronson and others-for wider and more numerous field expeditions and greater research attention to this island.

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Concluding remarks: Continuing the work in Sumatran connections

Louys,

Albers,

van der Geer

2024

Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra

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“…While the geological context of Lida Ajer is better understood, movements inside that cave may have redeposited the fossils (Louys et al 2017), and it is not possible to reassign the finds from Lida Ajer to specific stratigraphic layers (Westaway et al 2017). At present, very little is known about the geology and taphonomy of Jambu and Sibrambang (Wirkner and Hertler 2019). Therefore, temporal, spatial and altitudinal relationships within these three caves' individual fossil assemblages are unclear.…”

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“…Despite having attracted less attention than the Javan fossil record, the material from the Padang Highlands caves has been examined in several studies (Hooijer 1948(Hooijer , 1960(Hooijer , 1962. Although part of the ungulate fauna was described by Hooijer (1958), the Cervidae have only recently become the focus of more detailed study (Gruwier et al 2015;Wirkner and Hertler 2019). In part, the omission of this family can be explained by the complexity of cervid evolution in the wider Indomalayan region (e.g.…”

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Diversity, population structure and palaeoecology of the Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands, Sumatra

Gruwier,

de Vos,

Wirkner

et al. 2024

Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra

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This chapter deals with the dentognathic remains of the Late Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands caves in Sumatra. We used linear and geometric morphometric techniques to investigate variation, taxonomic position and body size trends in a dataset of upper and lower molars. Dental mesowear was used to assess dietary preference in a subsample. The results suggest the Padang Highlands cervids belonged to multiple populations of an early stock of Rusa deer the size of sambar (Rusa unicolor), but morphologically reminiscent of Javan rusa (Rusa timorensis). The Rusa sp. of Sumatra was reconstructed as a mixed feeder with an increase in the grazing component with age.

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“…Dubois in the late 1800s from caves in the Padang Highlands, western Sumatra (e.g. Westaway et al 2017, Volmer et al 2017, Wirkner and Hertler, 2019Louys et al, 2021a). Most attention has been paid to three caves in the region: Lida Ajer, Simbrambang, and Djamboe, as the bulk of the Dubois Sumatran fossils are derived from these sites (Hooijer, 1946, 1947, Drawhorn 1995.…”

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New Chronological Constraints for the Late Pleistocene Fossil Assemblage and Associated Breccia from Ngalau Sampit, Sumatra

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We provide the first numerical age constraints for the palaeontological assemblage and associated sediment from Ngalau Sampit, Sumatra, one of M. Eugène F.T. Dubois' noted sites that he excavated in 1889, and of which we present a transcript of his unpublished report. A combination of U-series, Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) and Luminescence (pIR-IRSL) methods was employed. The three tooth samples yield 1σ consistent combined U-series/ESR ages (mean age of 105 ± 9 ka, 1 s.d.), supporting the chronological integrity of the fossil assemblage at Ngalau Sampit. Three breccia samples yield internally 1σ consistent pIR-IRSL age estimates (mean age of 93 ± 6 ka, 1 s.d.), suggesting that the breccia may represent one single depositional event. All these results are compatible with the U-series age estimates previously obtained on post-depositional carbonate formations. We cannot exclude that the existing, and systematic, age difference between ESR and pIR-IRSL methods (~12 ka on average) may reflect the difference in the dated events (death of the animals vs. sediment burial). However, this apparent deviation is most likely not significant (mean ages are in close agreement a 1σ) and results from the existing uncertainty around the evaluation of the gamma dose rate, which partly arises from the absence of in situ dosimetry. Despite this uncertainty, all the numerical ages consistently and systematically correlate the breccia and associated fossil assemblage to MIS 5 (a finer correlation to sub-stages within MIS 5 would most likely be too speculative at this stage). Ngalau Sampit represents only the third site from the Pandang Highlands to be radiometrically dated, after Lida Ajer and Ngalau Gupin, and the second site explored and recorded by Dubois to have associated dates. Finally, Ngalau Sampit is the only site in Sumatra that chronologically correlates to MIS 5, and thus with the regionally important site of Punung in Java.

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Feeding ecology of Late Pleistocene Muntiacus muntjak in the Padang Highlands (Sumatra)

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

Concluding remarks: Continuing the work in Sumatran connections

Concluding remarks: Continuing the work in Sumatran connections

Diversity, population structure and palaeoecology of the Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands, Sumatra

New Chronological Constraints for the Late Pleistocene Fossil Assemblage and Associated Breccia from Ngalau Sampit, Sumatra

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