Palaeoecological and genetic evidence for Neanderthal power locomotion as an adaptation to a woodland environment
Authors: Stewart, J.R., García-Rodríguez, O., Knul, M.V., Sewell, L., Montgomery, H., Thomas, M.G. and Diekmann, Y.
Journal: Quaternary Science Reviews
Volume: 217
Pages: 310-315
ISSN: 0277-3791
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.12.023
Abstract:The prevailing explanation for Neanderthal body form is the cold (glacial) adaptation hypothesis. However, palaeoecological associations appear to indicate a less cold woodland environment. Under such conditions, encounter and ambush (rather than pursuit) hunting – and thus muscular power and sprint (rather than endurance) capacity – would have been favoured. We hypothesise that the highly muscular Neanderthal body form reflects an adaptation to hunting conditions rather than cold, and here both review the palaeoecological evidence that they inhabited a mainly woodland environment, and present preliminary genetic analyses in support of this new hypothesis.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31956/
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Palaeoecological and genetic evidence for Neanderthal power locomotion as an adaptation to a woodland environment
Authors: Stewart, J.R., Garcia-Rodriguez, O., Knul, M.V., Sewell, L., Montgomery, H., Thomas, M.G. and Diekmann, Y.
Journal: QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
Volume: 217
Pages: 310-315
ISSN: 0277-3791
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.12.023
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31956/
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Palaeoecological and genetic evidence for Neanderthal power locomotion as an adaptation to a woodland environment
Authors: Stewart, J., Montgomery, H., Thomas, M.G., Diekmann, Y., Knul, M., García-Rodríguez, O. and Sewell, L.
Journal: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 0277-3791
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.12.023
Abstract:The prevailing explanation for Neanderthal body form is the cold (glacial) adaptation hypothesis. However, palaeoecological associations appear to indicate a less cold woodland environment. Under such conditions, encounter and ambush (rather than pursuit) hunting e and thus muscular power and sprint (rather than endurance) capacity e would have been favoured. We hypothesise that the highly muscular Neanderthal body form reflects an adaptation to hunting conditions rather than cold, and here both review the palaeoecological evidence that they inhabited a mainly woodland environment, and present preliminary genetic analyses in support of this new hypothesis.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31956/
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Palaeoecological and genetic evidence for Neanderthal power locomotion as an adaptation to a woodland environment
Authors: Stewart, J.R., García-Rodríguez, O., Knul, M.V., Sewell, L., Montgomery, H., Thomas, M.G. and Diekmann, Y.
Journal: Quaternary Science Reviews
Volume: 217
Issue: August
Pages: 310-315
Abstract:The prevailing explanation for Neanderthal body form is the cold (glacial) adaptation hypothesis. However, palaeoecological associations appear to indicate a less cold woodland environment. Under such conditions, encounter and ambush (rather than pursuit) hunting e and thus muscular power and sprint (rather than endurance) capacity e would have been favoured. We hypothesise that the highly muscular Neanderthal body form reflects an adaptation to hunting conditions rather than cold, and here both review the palaeoecological evidence that they inhabited a mainly woodland environment, and present preliminary genetic analyses in support of this new hypothesis.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31956/
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