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Direct evidence for human reliance on rainforest resources in late Pleistocene Sri Lanka

Roberts, Patrick ; Perera, Nimal ; Wedage, Oshan ; Deraniyagala, Siran ; Perera, Jude ; Eregama, Saman ; Gledhill, Andrew ; Petraglia, Michael D. ; Lee-Thorp, Julia A.

Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2015-03, Vol.347 (6227), p.1246-1249 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Direct evidence for human reliance on rainforest resources in late Pleistocene Sri Lanka
Autor: Roberts, Patrick ; Perera, Nimal ; Wedage, Oshan ; Deraniyagala, Siran ; Perera, Jude ; Eregama, Saman ; Gledhill, Andrew ; Petraglia, Michael D. ; Lee-Thorp, Julia A.
Assuntos: Animals ; Archaeology ; Carbon ; Carbon Isotopes - analysis ; Dental Enamel - chemistry ; Dental enamels ; Diet ; Foraging habitats ; Fossils ; Geological time ; Habitats ; Historic sites ; History, Ancient ; Human influences ; Humans ; Occupation ; Oxygen Isotopes - analysis ; Paleodontology ; Paleoecology ; Plants ; Rain forests ; Rainforest ; Rainforests ; Sri Lanka ; Time ; Trees
É parte de: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2015-03, Vol.347 (6227), p.1246-1249
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Descrição: Human occupation of tropical rainforest habitats is thought to be a mainly Holocene phenomenon. Although archaeological and paleoenvironmental data have hinted at pre-Holocene rainforest foraging, earlier human reliance on rainforest resources has not been shown directly. We applied stable carbon and oxygen isotope analysis to human and faunal tooth enamel from four late Pleistocene–to–Holocene archaeological sites in Sri Lanka. The results show that human foragers relied primarily on rainforest resources from at least ∼20,000 years ago, with a distinct preference for semi-open rainforest and rain forest edges. Homo sapiens' relationship with the tropical rainforests of South Asia is therefore long-standing, a conclusion that indicates the time-depth of anthropogenic reliance and influence on these habitats.
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Direct evidence for human reliance on rainforest resources in late Pleistocene Sri Lanka

Roberts, Patrick ; Perera, Nimal ; Wedage, Oshan ; Deraniyagala, Siran ; Perera, Jude ; Eregama, Saman ; Gledhill, Andrew ; Petraglia, Michael D. ; Lee-Thorp, Julia A.

United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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