The Zhenya Mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius (Blum.)): Taphonomy, geology, age, morphology and ancient DNA of a 48,000 year old frozen mummy from western Taimyr, Russia

Maschenko, E. N.; Potapova, Olga; Vershinina, Alisa O.; Shapiro, Beth; Streletskaya, Irina; Vasiliev, Alexander; Oblogov, G.E.; Kharlamova, Anastasia; Potapov, Eugene; Plicht, Johannes van der; Tikhonov, Alexei; Serdyuk, N. V.; Тарасенко, К. К.

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.06.055

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“…1 In 1984 the first sequence of ancient DNA was reported 2 and since then the rapid growth of paleogemonics resulted in the availability of DNA sequences of many organisms, which helps to understand the evolution of species over time. [3][4][5][6][7] However, knowledge of the genome is not sufficient for the characterization of an organism at different levels of cellular complexity (genome, transcriptome, proteome, lipidome and metabolome).…”

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Proteomic and lipidomic analysis of mammoth bone by high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry coupled with liquid chromatography

Kostyukevich

Бугрова

Чаговец

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Eur J Mass Spectrom (Chichester)

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Investigation of archeological and paleontological artifacts at the molecular level has become a trend over the recent years. Paleogenomics provides information about the evolution of ancient species; paleoproteomics was recently established as branch of conventional proteomics dedicated to the study of proteomes of extinct organisms. At the same time paleolipidomics, which could focus on the investigation of lipids of ancient species, is not developed yet, though the investigation of fossil lipids may have potential to provide information about past diseases or diet. Here we present the investigation of an ancient fossil bone of a Siberian mammoth using combined proteomics and lipidomics approaches based on high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry coupled with liquid chromatography (LC-MS/MS). Using various experimental approaches, we have reliably identified 98 proteins and 73 lipids in three tissue regions of the mammoth bone. We have also compared the proteome profile of ancient mammoth bone with those of a modern elephant.

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Proteomic and lipidomic analysis of mammoth bone by high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry coupled with liquid chromatography

Kostyukevich

Бугрова

Чаговец

et al. 2018

Eur J Mass Spectrom (Chichester)

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“…Maschenko et al . (2017), however, demonstrate otherwise. The early Upper Palaeolithic occupation of Siberia is probably associated with two warm phases in MIS 3, and is accompanied by cultural adaptations that facilitated the occupation of new landscapes at difficult latitudes, including bone, stone and antler tools, needles and awls for clothing, storage pits and sites of sufficient size and density to suggest long-term encampments.…”

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“…Pitulko et al (2016) have argued that the Zhenya/ Sopochnaya Karga mammoth—now dated to 48 kya (cal BP; Maschenko et al . 2017)—represents a convincing case for mammoth butchery on the central Siberian Arctic coast. Maschenko et al .…”

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Evaluating claims for an early peopling of the Americas: the broader context

McNabb¹

2019

Antiquity

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“…In the central Siberian Arctic, a~45,000-year-old carcass of a woolly mammoth was uncovered, bearing several human-induced injuries [88] (but see [89]). Two blows were detected in two ribs, possibly aimed at internal organs and/or blood vessels, and another on the internal side of the left jugal bone.…”

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Elephant and Mammoth Hunting during the Paleolithic: A Review of the Relevant Archaeological, Ethnographic and Ethno-Historical Records

Agam

Barkai

2018

Quaternary

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Proboscideans and humans have shared habitats across the Old and New Worlds for hundreds of thousands of years. Proboscideans were included in the human diet starting from the Lower Paleolithic period and until the final stages of the Pleistocene. However, the question of how prehistoric people acquired proboscideans remains unresolved. Moreover, the effect of proboscidean hunting on the eventual extinction of these mega-herbivores was never seriously evaluated, probably because of the lack of acquaintance with the plethora of information available regarding proboscidean hunting by humans. The aim of this paper is to bridge this gap and bring to light the data available in order to estimate the extent and procedures of elephant and mammoth hunting by humans during the Quaternary. This study examines the archaeological evidence of proboscidean hunting during Paleolithic times, and provides a review of ethnographic and ethno-historical accounts, demonstrating a wide range of traditional elephant-hunting strategies. We also discuss the rituals accompanying elephant hunting among contemporary hunter-gatherers, further stressing the importance of elephants among hunter-gatherers. Based on the gathered data, we suggest that early humans possessed the necessary abilities to actively and regularly hunt proboscideans; and performed this unique and challenging task at will.

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The Zhenya Mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius (Blum.)): Taphonomy, geology, age, morphology and ancient DNA of a 48,000 year old frozen mummy from western Taimyr, Russia

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Cited by 28 publications

References 74 publications

Proteomic and lipidomic analysis of mammoth bone by high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry coupled with liquid chromatography

Proteomic and lipidomic analysis of mammoth bone by high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry coupled with liquid chromatography

Evaluating claims for an early peopling of the Americas: the broader context

Elephant and Mammoth Hunting during the Paleolithic: A Review of the Relevant Archaeological, Ethnographic and Ethno-Historical Records

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