Isotope studies of fossil bones of Pleistocene Yakut horses

Well-conserved carcasses of ancient large mammals can be found in permafrost of North-eastern Siberia. Mummified remains of ancient horses are rather rare ones. Complex stable isotope studies of 5 mummies and several horses’ bones from Northern Yakutia were carried out. Results obtained testify to p...

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Published in:Ice and Snow
Main Authors: A. Di Matteo, T. V. Kuznetsova, V. I. Nikolaev, N. N. Spasskaya, P. Jakumin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Nauka 2015
Subjects:
лошади
палеонтологические останки
поздний плейстоцен
стабильные изотопы
Science
Q
permafrost
Yakut
Yakutia
Siberia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2013-2-93-101
https://doaj.org/article/a321c437c644427483974a20f0202612
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Summary:Well-conserved carcasses of ancient large mammals can be found in permafrost of North-eastern Siberia. Mummified remains of ancient horses are rather rare ones. Complex stable isotope studies of 5 mummies and several horses’ bones from Northern Yakutia were carried out. Results obtained testify to possibility to use carbon isotope composition of hydroxylapatite carbonate from horses’ bones as palaeoclimatic indicator. It was determined relative (warmer or cooler, more dry or humid) environmental conditions during our horses’ lives. Preliminary data allow us to suppose that in Late Pleistocene lived in similar landscapes as well in Yakutia as Western Europe.

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