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Palaeoecology of ungulates in northern Iberia during the Late Pleistocene through isotopic analysis of teeth
Mónica Fernández-García
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Grupo de I+D+i EVOADAPTA (Evolución Humana y Adaptaciones durante la Prehistoria), Departamento de Ciencias Históricas, Universidad de Cantabria, 44. 39005 Santander, Spain
Departament de Prehistòria, Arqueologia i Història Antiga, Universitat de València, Av. Blasco Ibañez 28, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA), zona Educacional 4 Edifici W3, Campus Sescelades URV, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
Sarah Pederzani
Spatio-Temporal Isotope Analytics Lab. Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Kate Britton
Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, UK
Lucía Agudo-Pérez
Grupo de I+D+i EVOADAPTA (Evolución Humana y Adaptaciones durante la Prehistoria), Departamento de Ciencias Históricas, Universidad de Cantabria, 44. 39005 Santander, Spain
Andrea Cicero
Grupo de I+D+i EVOADAPTA (Evolución Humana y Adaptaciones durante la Prehistoria), Departamento de Ciencias Históricas, Universidad de Cantabria, 44. 39005 Santander, Spain
Jeanne Marie Geiling
Grupo de I+D+i EVOADAPTA (Evolución Humana y Adaptaciones durante la Prehistoria), Departamento de Ciencias Históricas, Universidad de Cantabria, 44. 39005 Santander, Spain
Joan Daura
Grup de Recerca del Quaternari (GRQ-SERP), Department of History and Archaeology, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Montalegre 6-8, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
Montserrat Sanz
Grup de Recerca del Quaternari (GRQ-SERP), Department of History and Archaeology, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Montalegre 6-8, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
Ana B. Marín-Arroyo
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Grupo de I+D+i EVOADAPTA (Evolución Humana y Adaptaciones durante la Prehistoria), Departamento de Ciencias Históricas, Universidad de Cantabria, 44. 39005 Santander, Spain
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Significant climatic changes affected Europe's vegetation and fauna, affecting human subsistence strategies during the Late Pleistocene. Reconstructing the local conditions humans faced is essential to understanding their adaptation processes and resilience. This study analyses the chemical composition of the teeth of herbivores consumed by humans 80,000 to 15,000 years ago, revealing the ecology of ungulates in northern Iberia and thus the palaeoenvironment humans exploited.
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