New evidence of megafaunal bone damage indicates late colonization of Madagascar.
The estimated period in which human colonization of Madagascar began has expanded recently to 5000-1000 y B.P., six times its range in 1990, prompting revised thinking about early migration sources, routes, maritime capability and environmental changes. Cited evidence of colonization age includes an...
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| author | Atholl Anderson Geoffrey Clark Simon Haberle Tom Higham Malgosia Nowak-Kemp Amy Prendergast Chantal Radimilahy Lucien M Rakotozafy Ramilisonina Jean-Luc Schwenninger Malika Virah-Sawmy Aaron Camens |
| author_facet | Atholl Anderson Geoffrey Clark Simon Haberle Tom Higham Malgosia Nowak-Kemp Amy Prendergast Chantal Radimilahy Lucien M Rakotozafy Ramilisonina Jean-Luc Schwenninger Malika Virah-Sawmy Aaron Camens |
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| description | The estimated period in which human colonization of Madagascar began has expanded recently to 5000-1000 y B.P., six times its range in 1990, prompting revised thinking about early migration sources, routes, maritime capability and environmental changes. Cited evidence of colonization age includes anthropogenic palaeoecological data 2500-2000 y B.P., megafaunal butchery marks 4200-1900 y B.P. and OSL dating to 4400 y B.P. of the Lakaton'i Anja occupation site. Using large samples of newly-excavated bone from sites in which megafaunal butchery was earlier dated >2000 y B.P. we find no butchery marks until ~1200 y B.P., with associated sedimentary and palynological data of initial human impact about the same time. Close analysis of the Lakaton'i Anja chronology suggests the site dates <1500 y B.P. Diverse evidence from bone damage, palaeoecology, genomic and linguistic history, archaeology, introduced biota and seafaring capability indicate initial human colonization of Madagascar 1350-1100 y B.P. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a78a9808106b4f15b1bff9b7360da0fc2022-12-21T22:47:34ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-011310e020436810.1371/journal.pone.0204368New evidence of megafaunal bone damage indicates late colonization of Madagascar.Atholl AndersonGeoffrey ClarkSimon HaberleTom HighamMalgosia Nowak-KempAmy PrendergastChantal RadimilahyLucien M RakotozafyRamilisoninaJean-Luc SchwenningerMalika Virah-SawmyAaron CamensThe estimated period in which human colonization of Madagascar began has expanded recently to 5000-1000 y B.P., six times its range in 1990, prompting revised thinking about early migration sources, routes, maritime capability and environmental changes. Cited evidence of colonization age includes anthropogenic palaeoecological data 2500-2000 y B.P., megafaunal butchery marks 4200-1900 y B.P. and OSL dating to 4400 y B.P. of the Lakaton'i Anja occupation site. Using large samples of newly-excavated bone from sites in which megafaunal butchery was earlier dated >2000 y B.P. we find no butchery marks until ~1200 y B.P., with associated sedimentary and palynological data of initial human impact about the same time. Close analysis of the Lakaton'i Anja chronology suggests the site dates <1500 y B.P. Diverse evidence from bone damage, palaeoecology, genomic and linguistic history, archaeology, introduced biota and seafaring capability indicate initial human colonization of Madagascar 1350-1100 y B.P.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6179221?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Atholl Anderson Geoffrey Clark Simon Haberle Tom Higham Malgosia Nowak-Kemp Amy Prendergast Chantal Radimilahy Lucien M Rakotozafy Ramilisonina Jean-Luc Schwenninger Malika Virah-Sawmy Aaron Camens New evidence of megafaunal bone damage indicates late colonization of Madagascar. PLoS ONE |
| title | New evidence of megafaunal bone damage indicates late colonization of Madagascar. |
| title_full | New evidence of megafaunal bone damage indicates late colonization of Madagascar. |
| title_fullStr | New evidence of megafaunal bone damage indicates late colonization of Madagascar. |
| title_full_unstemmed | New evidence of megafaunal bone damage indicates late colonization of Madagascar. |
| title_short | New evidence of megafaunal bone damage indicates late colonization of Madagascar. |
| title_sort | new evidence of megafaunal bone damage indicates late colonization of madagascar |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6179221?pdf=render |
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