Rare crested rat subfossils unveil Afro-Eurasian ecological corridors synchronous with early human dispersals.
ecological models
geometric morphometrics
paleoenvironment
paleogenetics
rodent
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
ISSN: 1091-6490
Titre abrégé: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7505876
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 08 2021
03 08 2021
Historique:
entrez:
27
7
2021
pubmed:
28
7
2021
medline:
15
12
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Biotic interactions between Africa and Eurasia across the Levant have invoked particular attention among scientists aiming to unravel early human dispersals. However, it remains unclear whether behavioral capacities enabled early modern humans to surpass the Saharo-Arabian deserts or if climatic changes triggered punctuated dispersals out of Africa. Here, we report an unusual subfossil assemblage discovered in a Judean Desert's cliff cave near the Dead Sea and dated to between ∼42,000 and at least 103,000 y ago. Paleogenomic and morphological comparisons indicate that the specimens belong to an extinct subspecies of the eastern African crested rat,
Identifiants
pubmed: 34312232
pii: 2105719118
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2105719118
pmc: PMC8346873
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interest.
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