Human consumption of turtles of the Homo rudolfensis site Uraha (Malawi, East Africa)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12480458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans‐Volker Karl (0000-0003-1924-522X, University of Göttingen, corresponding author), Hans-Volker Karl |
| Year | 2012 |
| Issue | 21 |
| Pages | 267-279 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeofauna (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1132-6891 |
| Publisher | Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15366/archaeofauna2012.21.014 |
| OpenAlex | W2798954850 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
A survey is given of the hitherto known turtle taxa from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Chiwondo Beds in Malawi. The paper includes new materials from these beds of Uraha, Karonga District of northern Malawi, collected by the «Hominid Corridor Research Project (HCRP)». The following species are discovered: Pelomedusa subrufa ssp., Pelusios sinuatus (A. Smith 1838), Cyclanorbis senegalensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1835) and Cycloderma frenatum Peters, 1854, all from the deposits which yielded Homo rudolfensis Alexeev, 1986. In the collection of fossils from this site also include two fragments of clavicular plates of great catfishes (Siluroidea: Clariidae) which remarkably resemble each other in the fragmented form, although they belong to evidently different individuals. The flat-shaped bones originate from the thickened joint area of the pectoral fin sting and the adjoining flat pectoral area. This combines with damages of an otherwise complete turtle shell by early humans. This evidence of consumption of aquatic animals could support an «aquatic ape hypothesis» in the sense of Morgan (1997), Verhaegen (2000) and Niemitz (2006, 2010)
Art · Cartography · Geography · Humanities · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology · Primate Behavior and Ecology
Oldest Homo and Pliocene biogeography of the Malawi Rift
Are all Oldowan Sites Palimpsests? If so, what can they tell us about Hominid Carnivory
Hominid lifestyle and diet reconsidered
Human consumption of tortoises at Level IV of Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)
Dietary responses to fruit scarcity of wild chimpanzees at Bossou, Guinea
A cercopithecoid tooth from the pliocene of Malawi
Extinct ostrich eggshell (Aves)
Paleoanthropology of the Malawi Rift
The first stone artefacts to be found in situ within the Plio-Pleistocene Chiwondo Beds in northern Malawi
The palaeoecology of the Upper Ndolanya Beds at Laetoli, Tanzania
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |