Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago

As modern humans migrated out of Africa, they encountered novel habitats. Here, Wedage et al. study the archaeological site of Fa-Hien Lena in Sri Lanka and show that the earliest human residents of the island practiced specialized hunting of small mammals, demonstrating ecological plasticity.

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Autores principales: Oshan Wedage, Noel Amano, Michelle C. Langley, Katerina Douka, James Blinkhorn, Alison Crowther, Siran Deraniyagala, Nikos Kourampas, Ian Simpson, Nimal Perera, Andrea Picin, Nicole Boivin, Michael Petraglia, Patrick Roberts
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:be00d93d6a7f4106866deef51e6be6282021-12-02T17:01:45ZSpecialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago10.1038/s41467-019-08623-12041-1723https://doaj.org/article/be00d93d6a7f4106866deef51e6be6282019-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08623-1https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723As modern humans migrated out of Africa, they encountered novel habitats. Here, Wedage et al. study the archaeological site of Fa-Hien Lena in Sri Lanka and show that the earliest human residents of the island practiced specialized hunting of small mammals, demonstrating ecological plasticity.Oshan WedageNoel AmanoMichelle C. LangleyKaterina DoukaJames BlinkhornAlison CrowtherSiran DeraniyagalaNikos KourampasIan SimpsonNimal PereraAndrea PicinNicole BoivinMichael PetragliaPatrick RobertsNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
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Oshan Wedage
Noel Amano
Michelle C. Langley
Katerina Douka
James Blinkhorn
Alison Crowther
Siran Deraniyagala
Nikos Kourampas
Ian Simpson
Nimal Perera
Andrea Picin
Nicole Boivin
Michael Petraglia
Patrick Roberts
Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago
description As modern humans migrated out of Africa, they encountered novel habitats. Here, Wedage et al. study the archaeological site of Fa-Hien Lena in Sri Lanka and show that the earliest human residents of the island practiced specialized hunting of small mammals, demonstrating ecological plasticity.
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author Oshan Wedage
Noel Amano
Michelle C. Langley
Katerina Douka
James Blinkhorn
Alison Crowther
Siran Deraniyagala
Nikos Kourampas
Ian Simpson
Nimal Perera
Andrea Picin
Nicole Boivin
Michael Petraglia
Patrick Roberts
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Noel Amano
Michelle C. Langley
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James Blinkhorn
Alison Crowther
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Nikos Kourampas
Ian Simpson
Nimal Perera
Andrea Picin
Nicole Boivin
Michael Petraglia
Patrick Roberts
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title Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago
title_short Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago
title_full Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago
title_fullStr Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago
title_full_unstemmed Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago
title_sort specialized rainforest hunting by homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago
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