Palaeo-environmental and dietary analysis of intestinal contents of a mammoth calf (Yamal Peninsula, northwest Siberia)

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: van Geel, B., Fisher, D.C., Rountrey, A.N., van Arkel, J., Duivenvoorden, J.F., Nieman, A.M., van Reenen, G.B.A., Tikhonov, A.N., Buigues, B., Gravendeel, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Yamal Peninsula; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dare.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/palaeoenvironmental-and-dietary-analysis-of-intestinal-contents-of-a-mammoth-calf-yamal-peninsula-northwest-siberia(37bc3216-a173-4a49-a795-fa64212cd082).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.10.009

Intestinal samples from the one-month-old Siberian mammoth calf ‘Lyuba’ were studied using light microscopy and ancient DNA to reconstruct its palaeo-environment and diet. The palynological record indicates a ‘mammoth steppe’. At least some pollen of arboreal taxa was reworked, and thus the presence...