Woolly mammoth δ13C and δ15N values remained amazingly stable throughout the last ∼50,000 years in north-eastern Siberia

Kuitems, Margot; Kolfschoten, T. van; Tikhonov, Alexei; Plicht, Johannes van der

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2019.03.001

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“…Temporal stability in δ 15 N in NE Siberia has also been observed in musk ox from Taimyr and in woolly mammoth from NE Siberia (Raghavan et al 2014;Kuitems et al 2019), suggesting broad-scale environmental stability, rather than a species-specific pattern.…”

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“…Both areas were continuously inhabited by the species until their mainland and island extinctions, respectively (Arppe et al 2019; Kuitems et al 2019). The survival of mammoths on Wrangel Island well into the Holocene is attributed to dietary stability, and to surviving populations feeding on resources with similar isotopic composition as the Late Pleistocene mammoth population in NE Siberia (Arppe et al 2019; Kuitems et al 2019). We suggest a similar scenario in woolly rhinoceros, where the NE Siberian population retained a stable diet throughout the Late Pleistocene, until its extinction.…”

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“…To investigate temporal variation in the isotopic signature of woolly rhinoceroses and other megaherbivores, we divided the isotopic records into three time bins (Figure 1), following Kuitems et al 2019: pre-LGM (> 24,600 14 C yr BP / > 28,660 cal yr BP), LGM (24,600 - 17,000 14 C yr BP / 28,660 - 20,520 cal yr BP), and post-LGM (< 17,000 14 C yr BP / < 20,520 cal yr BP). The post-LGM cut-off date corresponds to 12,140 14 C yr BP or 14,140 cal yr BP, the age of the youngest woolly rhinoceros specimen in our dataset.…”

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Late Pleistocene palaeoecology and phylogeography of woolly rhinoceroses

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The woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) was a cold-adapted herbivore, widely distributed from western Europe to north-east Siberia during the Late Pleistocene. Previous studies associate the extinction of the species ~14,000 years before present to climatic and vegetational changes, and suggest that later survival of populations in north-east Siberia may relate to the later persistence of open vegetation in that region. Here, we analyzed carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotopes and mitochondrial DNA sequences to elucidate the evolutionary ecology of the species. Our dataset comprised 286 woolly rhinoceros isotopic records, including 192 unpublished records, from across the species range, dating from >58,600 14C years to ~14,000 years before present. Crucially, we present the first 71 isotopic records available to date of the 15,000 years preceding woolly rhinoceros extinction. The data reveal ecological flexibility and geographical variation in woolly rhinoceros stable isotope compositions through time. In north-east Siberia, we detected δ15N stability through time. This could reflect long-term environmental stability, and might have enabled the later survival of the species in the region. To further investigate the palaeoecology of woolly rhinoceroses, we compared their isotopic compositions with that of other contemporary herbivores. This analysis suggests possible niche partitioning between woolly rhinoceros and both horse (Equus spp.) and woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), and isotopic similarities between woolly rhinoceros and both musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) and saiga (Saiga tatarica) at different points in time. To provide phylogeographical context to the isotopic data, we analyzed 61 published mitochondrial control region sequences. The data show a lack of geographic structuring; we found three haplogroups with overlapping distributions, all of which show a signal of expansion during the Last Glacial Maximum. Furthermore, our genetic findings support the notion that environmental stability in Siberia had an impact on the paleoecology of woolly rhinoceroses in the region. Our study highlights the utility of combining stable isotopic records with ancient DNA to advance our knowledge of the evolutionary ecology of past populations and extinct species.

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Late Pleistocene palaeoecology and phylogeography of woolly rhinoceroses

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“…Genetic studies on both mitochondrial and nuclear genomes show that the woolly mammoth had a relative stable population size throughout the last glacial period on both sides of the Bering land bridge, but suffered a steep decline around 12,000 years ago, coinciding with the onset of the dramatic climate changes characteristic of the early Holocene [10,74,75]. While studies of δ 15 N and δ 13 C of mammoths from sites on the East European Plains have indicated that extinction was preceded by nutritional stress [29,79,107], no such patterns were found in mammoths from northeastern Siberia, indicating a complex extinction process throughout the woolly mammoth's range [108].…”

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Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches

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Starting four decades ago, studies have examined the ecology and evolutionary dynamics of populations and species using short mitochondrial DNA fragments and stable isotopes. Through technological and analytical advances, the methods and biomolecules at our disposal have increased significantly to now include lipids, whole genomes, proteomes, and even epigenomes. At an unprecedented resolution, the study of ancient biomolecules has made it possible for us to disentangle the complex processes that shaped the ancient faunal diversity across millennia, with the potential to aid in implicating probable causes of species extinction and how humans impacted the genetics and ecology of wild and domestic species. However, even now, few studies explore interdisciplinary biomolecular approaches to reveal ancient faunal diversity dynamics in relation to environmental and anthropogenic impact. This review will approach how biomolecules have been implemented in a broad variety of topics and species, from the extinct Pleistocene megafauna to ancient wild and domestic stocks, as well as how their future use has the potential to offer an enhanced understanding of drivers of past faunal diversity on Earth.

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“…Многочисленные исследования относительного содержания изотопов азота и углерода (d 15 N, d 13 С) в костных тканях плейстоценовых млекопитающих показывают высокую устойчивость пищевых ниш представителей мегафауны (пещерный медведь, мамонт, шерстистый носорог, бизон) в позднем плейстоцене и в разных регионах Голарктики (Kuitems et al, 2019;Schwartz-Narbonne et al, 2019 и мн. др.).…”

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Diversity of regional complexes of mammals in Europe at the boundary between Pleistocene and Holocene

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2019

Principles of the Ecology

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Woolly mammoth δ13C and δ15N values remained amazingly stable throughout the last ∼50,000 years in north-eastern Siberia

Abstract: Woolly mammoth δ13C and δ15N values remained amazingly stable throughout the last ∼50,000 years in north-eastern Siberia Kuitems, M.; van Kolfschoten, T.; Tikhonov, A. N.; van der Plicht, J.

Cited by 23 publications

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Late Pleistocene palaeoecology and phylogeography of woolly rhinoceroses

Late Pleistocene palaeoecology and phylogeography of woolly rhinoceroses

Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches

Diversity of regional complexes of mammals in Europe at the boundary between Pleistocene and Holocene

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