Tracking possible decline of woolly mammoth during the Gravettian in Dordogne (France) and the Ach Valley (Germany) using multi-isotope tracking (13C, 14C, 15N, 34S, 18O)

Drucker, Dorothée G.; Vercoutère, Carole; Chiotti, Laurent; Nespoulet, Roland; Crépin, L.; Conard, Nicholas J.; Münzel, Susanne C.; Higham, Thomas; Plicht, Johannes van der; Lázničková‐Galetová, Martina; Bocherens, Hervé

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.11.028

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“…Genetic hypothesis about the degradation of European mammoth population was indirectly supported by the results of analysis of collagen stable isotopes 13 C and 15 N ratio (Drucker et al, 2015). Authors hypothesized that, as applied to population occupied the southwestern France during the Aurignacian and Gravettian time, the ecological niche of mammoth was intact but it was not occupied by mammoths due to a decline in their population.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, this conclusion is based on studies of the isotopic composition of different mammoth' remains, particularly the variations in carbon (d 13 C) and nitrogen (d 15 N) isotopes (Bocherens, 2003;Drucker et al, 2015;Wibing et al, 2015). The vegetation and landscapes of Northern Eurasia dramatically changed at the end of the Pleistocene.…”

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“…Authors hypothesized that, as applied to population occupied the southwestern France during the Aurignacian and Gravettian time, the ecological niche of mammoth was intact but it was not occupied by mammoths due to a decline in their population. It was supposed that one the factors influencing the decay or full extinction of mammoth of clade III in Europe was a hunting of Gravettian people (Palkopoulou et al, 2013;Drucker et al, 2015). New reconstruction the dietary ecology of Neanderthals from Belgium (North-Western Europe) suggests, probable, the direct hunting of a mammoth for earlier time interval, 45.7e40.5 cal kyrs BP (Wibing et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Analyzing changes in the geographical distribution over time is a productive way to obtain information about the biology and palaeoecology of the species, the significance of its remains for biostratigraphical and paleogeographical issues, and also various aspects of the evolution of the species, causes of extinction, and its relationship with humans and other mammalian species (Vereshchagin, 1979;Kahlke, 1994Kahlke, , 1999Ukkonen et al, 1999;Garrut and Tikhonov, 2001;Lister and Sher, 2001;Stuart et al, 2002Stuart et al, , 2004Kuzmin et al, 2003;Tong and Patou-Mathis, 2003;Lister et al, 2005;Vereshchagin and Baryshnikov, 1985;Stuart, 2005;Takahashi et al, 2006Takahashi et al, , 2007Reumer, 2007;Vartanyan et al, 2008; Alvarez-Lao and García, 2010;Lorenzen et al, 2011;MacDonald et al, 2012;Ponomarev et al, 2012;Drucker et al, 2015;Stuart, 2015; and many others).…”

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The Eurasian mammoth distribution during the second half of the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene: Regional aspects

Puzachenko

Маркова

Косинцев

et al. 2017

Quaternary International

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a b s t r a c tBased on geographic information (database PALEOFAUNA), in combination with 14 C and other methods of paleo dating (1584 localities, 4033 dates, including 1501 direct dates), we first examined details of changes of mammoth distribution in Eurasia on the whole and in single parts of the range over the last 50ky. The analysis of regional features in the dynamics of mammoth range and the quantity of dated localities acknowledged a leading role of the climatic (environmental) factor in these processes. The maximum size of the Eurasian range, the largest number of remains of mammoths from dated localities and, probably, the maximum total number of population were established for the range of 38.2 e8.6 cal ky BP (Denekamp interstadial ¼ Bryansk interstadial). In Western and Central Europe, the increase of population was observed during Huneborg stadial (40.8e38.2 cal ky BP). In eastern Siberia, the maximum population growth occurred in the Last Glacial Maximum (28.6e22.5 cal ky BP), and in Western Siberia e during Deglaciation (22.5e14.7 cal ky BP). The population dynamics at the periphery of the range (Islands of Japan, British Isles, Northern Europe, Southern Siberia and Northern China, and, but to lesser extent, South-Eastern Europe) differs from the dynamics of its main part. The southernmost parts of the range e Southern Siberia and southeastern Europe experienced similar changes. Population dynamics in the Iberian Peninsula was much alike the changes in Western and Central Europe. We suggested that some peripheral populations could periodically be isolated from the populations of the main part of the range. Direct calibrated radiocarbon dates fixed upper boundary of extinction of this species in different parts of range within time interval from 21 (the Iberian Peninsula) to 4 (northeastern Siberia) thousands years BP. The hypotheses about the causes of the dynamics of the area and population of the mammoth in Eurasia, including those related to the extinction of certain genetic lines of a mammoth in the Late Pleistocene, are being discussed.

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Section: Regionmentioning

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Section: Regionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Eurasian mammoth distribution during the second half of the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene: Regional aspects

Puzachenko

Маркова

Косинцев

et al. 2017

Quaternary International

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“…This predation pressure may have contributed significantly to the local decline of megaherbivore populations (e.g., Owen-Smith, 1999;Pushkina and Raia, 2008;Surovell and Waguespack, 2009;Drucker et al, 2015), even if climate change also played a role in fragmenting the range of megaherbivores and making them more vulnerable to human impact (e.g., Araujo et al, 2017;Haynes, 2018). Therefore, the same species, Homo sapiens, with two different ecological modes could (1) contribute to the extinction of a guild (megaherbivores) probably through predation pressure and then (2) occupy a large part of the ecological niche of the extinct guild by shifting its own ecological niche.…”

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The Rise of the Anthroposphere since 50,000 Years: An Ecological Replacement of Megaherbivores by Humans in Terrestrial Ecosystems?

Bocherens

2018

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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Megaherbivores fulfilled a number of important ecological functions in terrestrial ecosystems and behaved as ecological engineers since 300 million years until around 12,000 years ago. These essential ecological functions include opening vegetation cover, selective seed dispersal and nutrient recycling and spreading. Thanks to these effects, megaherbivores change the vegetation structure where they live, with cascading effects on smaller herbivores and also on climate. The late Pleistocene extinction strongly impacted the megaherbivores almost all over the world and led to the loss of these important ecological functions in terrestrial ecosystems. These functions were partially restored by agriculturist humans through an ecological replacement that occurred through an ecological shift within the species Homo sapiens. A better understanding of the differences and similarities between the ecological impacts of megaherbivores and those of agricultural humans should help to predict the future of terrestrial ecosystems.

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Multi‐disciplinary study of a late Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros found in the Pannonian Basin and implications for the contemporaneous palaeoenvironment

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Lisztes‐Szabó

et al. 2023

J Quaternary Science

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Excavation campaigns conducted at the Pécel‐Kis hársas site (Hungary) between 2014 and 2017 yielded the remains of a mature female woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) and six lithic artefacts. Radiocarbon dating confirmed that the rhinoceros died ca. 20.4k cal a bp, at the very end of the Last Glacial Maximum and, considering the position of the artefacts when found, it was probably killed by Epigravettian hunters. Based on dental analyses of the specimen, a vigorous lichen‐ (and possibly moss‐)consuming diet could be inferred for the end of the animal's lifetime. Based on Sr results, we can exclude the possibility of long‐range migration. In accordance with the optimum environmental demands of the foraging lichen, the low δ18O value of osseous material implies a relatively cold contemporaneous climate with a calculated mean annual air temperature of around 0.7 °C. Meanwhile, the extremely low δ15N value may have resulted from the proximity of the discontinuous permafrost zone and some intensive soil dislocation. Consequently, poor vegetation and an open, tundra‐like habitat can be assumed to have been dominant at the site at that time, which is also supported by palaeoenvironmental modeling experiments.

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Tracking possible decline of woolly mammoth during the Gravettian in Dordogne (France) and the Ach Valley (Germany) using multi-isotope tracking (13C, 14C, 15N, 34S, 18O)

Cited by 53 publications

References 68 publications

The Eurasian mammoth distribution during the second half of the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene: Regional aspects

The Eurasian mammoth distribution during the second half of the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene: Regional aspects

The Rise of the Anthroposphere since 50,000 Years: An Ecological Replacement of Megaherbivores by Humans in Terrestrial Ecosystems?

Multi‐disciplinary study of a late Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros found in the Pannonian Basin and implications for the contemporaneous palaeoenvironment

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