Les carnivores fossiles d'El Harhoura 1, Temara, Maroc

Aouraghe, Hassan

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“…& Dar es Soltane 1, discovered in 1937 (Debénath 1972;Ruhlmann 1951;Roche 1956) & Dar es Soltane 2, discovered in 1969 (Debénath 1972(Debénath , 1975(Debénath , 1976(Debénath , 1980Ferembach 1976b) & El Harhoura 1, discovered in 1976 (Aouraghe 2000;Debénath 1982;Debénath and Sbihi-Alaoui 1979). & El Harhoura 2, discovered in 1977 (Daugas et al 1989;Debénath 1979;Debénath and Lacombe 1986;Debénath and Sbihi-Alaoui 1979;Oujaa 1992;Nespoulet 2005) & El Mnasra, discovered in 1960(El Hajraoui 1993, 1994, 2004Ferembach 1976a,b;Lacombe et al 1991) & Contrebandiers, discovered in 1956 (Bouzouggar 1997a, b;Roche 1969Roche , 1976Roche and Texier 1976;Vallois and Roche 1958) & Chaperon Rouge, discovered in 1974 (Texier 1986;Texier et al 1982& Rouazi Skhirat, discovered in 1980(Daugas 2002Daugas et al 1989Daugas et al , 1999Lacombe et al 1990) These sites contain either brief occupations, such as Chaperon Rouge for the Aterian or the necropolis at Rouazi Skhirat for the Neolithic, or a succession of several occupation phases over a longer period, from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Neolithic, as at El Harhoura 2 and El Mnasra and the other cave sites in the region.…”

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Palaeolithic and Neolithic Occupations in the Témara Region (Rabat, Morocco): Recent Data on Hominin Contexts and Behavior

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In the 1970s, the discoveries of Palaeolithic human remains in the caves of Dar es Soltane 2, El Harhoura 1 and Les Contrebandiers reinforced interest in the sites of the Témara region. These sites, often cited, have been the object of numerous investigations which have produced a major contribution to the prehistory of Morocco. Over the past 15 years, research at two key sites, El Mnasra and El Harhoura 2, have considerably enhanced the available data for this region. Preliminary results obtained from excavations since 2001, allow us to present the palaeoenvironmental framework and describe the technological behaviour of Afr Archaeol Rev (2008) 25:21-39 prehistoric groups within a re-evaluated stratigraphic context. The microfaunal and macrofaunal assemblages are analysed according to systematics, taphonomy and palaeoecology. The lithic and bone industries document patterns of raw material acquisition and transformation. Within the context of the history of more than 60 years of research in the region of Témara, this contribution allows us to approach the question of Palaeolithic population on the basis of recent, and for the most part new, data and evidence.

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Palaeolithic and Neolithic Occupations in the Témara Region (Rabat, Morocco): Recent Data on Hominin Contexts and Behavior

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“…Geographically isolated populations could have diverged into a more arid-adapted form, V. rueppellii, which would then be able to expand its range through all the Sahara, the Arabian Peninsula and reached Pakistan. Fossil records register the presence of V. vulpes in Eurasian faunas by the Late Pleistocene/Holocene (Sommer and Benecke 2005), while paleontological data in North Africa is scarce, with a single fossil of a V. rueppellii-like canid dating from 0.8 Mya, and of V. vulpes dating from 0.6 Mya (Aouraghe 2000;Geraads 2011). Based on these lines of evidence, Geraads (2011) proposed that V. vulpes arrived into North Africa around 0.7 Mya, but our results suggest that the species could have been present in North Africa earlier.…”

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Differentiation of North African foxes and population genetic dynamics in the desert—insights into the evolutionary history of two sister taxa, Vulpes rueppellii and Vulpes vulpes

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The effects of Pleistocene glaciations on moulding biodiversity have been extensively investigated within temperate biomes, yet arid ecosystems are largely neglected. A clear example comes from North Africa and the successive range of expansion/contraction cycles of the Sahara desert. This study focuses on North African foxes (genus Vulpes), in particular two sister taxa, Vulpes rueppellii and Vulpes vulpes, but also Vulpes zerda and Vulpes pallida. A set of two mitochondrial markers (Cyt-b and D-loop) and 31-33 autosomal microsatellites were used to conduct phylogenetic and population analyses, as well as to investigate the possible occurrence of hybridisation events. Phylogenetic analysis revealed V. rueppellii to be more closely related to North African V. vulpes than the latter with Eurasian V. vulpes, along with the occurrence of two sub-clades of V. vulpes within the Maghreb. In contrast, microsatellite analysis identified V. rueppellii and V. vulpes as clearly separate entities, and no sign of population structure was observed for both species within North Africa. Both mitochondrial and nuclear markers separated North African and Eurasian V. vulpes in two distinct groups. We propose two explanatory scenarios, both influenced by past climatic shifts: (1) past introgression of V. vulpes mitochondrial genome into V. rueppellii and (2) V. rueppellii represents an arid ecotype of V. vulpes trapped in the Sahara during a humid/arid transition. The successive expansions/contractions of the Sahara were also likely responsible for the mitochondrial structure of North African V. vulpes. We unveil intriguing insights on the genetic structure of carnivore species in North Africa, suggesting that further integrative research is needed.

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“…Other sites are of late Pleistocene age, but their relative chronology is unknown. These are El Harhoura‐1 (Aouraghe 2000); El Harhoura‐2 (Michel et al. 2009); Sidi Bouknadel (Michel 1989); Kifan bel Ghomari (Mas 1955); ‘Grotte des Félins’ (Raynal et al.…”

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“…The species is also present in several Upper Pleistocene sites: Sidi Bouknadel, ‘Grotte des Félins’, ‘Grotte des Gazelles’, Kifan Bel Ghomari, El Harhoura‐1 and ‐2. (Mas 1955; Michel 1989; Aouraghe 2000; Raynal et al. 2008; Michel et al.…”

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A revision of the fossil Canidae (Mammalia) of north‐western Africa

Geraads

2011

Palaeontology

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The fossil record of the Canidae in North-western Africa begins near the Miocene-Pliocene boundary with a form close to Nyctereutes, a genus best known in the late Pliocene of Ahl al Oughlam. This site yields two other canids. Vulpes hassani sp. nov. is a small fox, probably ancestral to the modern V. rueppelli, recorded from the Middle Pleistocene onwards. Lupulella paralius sp. nov. is a primitive jackal that probably belongs to the clade of modern African jackals. In the middle Pleistocene, the most common canid is Lupulella mohibi sp. nov., remarkable by its Nyctereutes-like dentition and primitive skull-features. These are all endemic forms, but V. vulpes and C. aureus, of northern origin, appear in the course of the middle Pleistocene. Lycaon has a sparse record in the middle and late Pleistocene.

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Les carnivores fossiles d'El Harhoura 1, Temara, Maroc

Cited by 26 publications

References 3 publications

Palaeolithic and Neolithic Occupations in the Témara Region (Rabat, Morocco): Recent Data on Hominin Contexts and Behavior

Palaeolithic and Neolithic Occupations in the Témara Region (Rabat, Morocco): Recent Data on Hominin Contexts and Behavior

Differentiation of North African foxes and population genetic dynamics in the desert—insights into the evolutionary history of two sister taxa, Vulpes rueppellii and Vulpes vulpes

A revision of the fossil Canidae (Mammalia) of north‐western Africa

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