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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Main Authors: 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
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/be00d93d6a7f4106866deef51e6be628
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