Dental microwear as a behavioral proxy for distinguishing between canids at the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) site of Predmostí, Czech Republic
Morphological and genetic evidence put dog domestication during the Paleolithic, sometime between 40,000 and 15,000 years ago, with identification of the earliest dogs debated. We predict that these earliest dogs (referred to herein as protodogs), while potentially difficult to distinguish morpholog...
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ftunivnebraskali:oai:digitalcommons.unl.edu:natlpark-1212 2023-11-12T04:15:43+01:00 Dental microwear as a behavioral proxy for distinguishing between canids at the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) site of Predmostí, Czech Republic Prassack, Kari A. DuBois, Josephine Laznickova-Galetova, Martina Germonpre, Mietje Ungar, Peter S. 2020-02-08T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natlpark/211 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/natlpark/article/1212/viewcontent/Prassack_JAS_2020_Dental_microwear.pdf unknown DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natlpark/211 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/natlpark/article/1212/viewcontent/Prassack_JAS_2020_Dental_microwear.pdf U.S. National Park Service Publications and Papers Canis familiaris Canis lupus Dog domestication Dietary behavior Upper paleolithic/palaeolithic Environmental Education Environmental Policy Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies Fire Science and Firefighting Leisure Studies Natural Resource Economics Natural Resources Management and Policy Nature and Society Relations Other Environmental Sciences Physical and Environmental Geography Public Administration Public Affairs Public Policy and Public Administration Recreation Parks and Tourism Administration text 2020 ftunivnebraskali 2023-10-30T11:54:49Z Morphological and genetic evidence put dog domestication during the Paleolithic, sometime between 40,000 and 15,000 years ago, with identification of the earliest dogs debated. We predict that these earliest dogs (referred to herein as protodogs), while potentially difficult to distinguish morphologically from wolves, experienced behavioral shifts, including changes in diet. Specifically, protodogs may have consumed more bone and other less desirable scraps within human settlement areas. Here we apply Dental Microwear Texture Analysis (DMTA) to canids from the Gravettian site of P�redmostí (approx. 28,500 BP), which were previously assigned to the Paleolithic dog or Pleistocene wolf morphotypes. We test whether these groups separate out significantly by diet- related variation in microwear patterning. Results are consistent with differences in dietary breadth, with the Paleolithic dog morphotype showing evidence of greater durophagy than those assigned to the wolf morphotype. This supports the presence of two morphologically and behaviorally distinct canid types at this middle Upper Paleolithic site. Our primary goal here was to test whether these two morphotypes expressed notable differences in dietary behavior. However, in the context of a major Gravettian settlement, this may also support evidence of early stage dog domestication. Dental microwear is a behavioral signal that may appear generations before morphological changes are established in a population. It shows promise for distinguishing protodogs from wolves in the Pleistocene and domesticated dogs from wolves elsewhere in the archaeological record. Text Canis lupus University of Nebraska-Lincoln: DigitalCommons@UNL |
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Morphological and genetic evidence put dog domestication during the Paleolithic, sometime between 40,000 and 15,000 years ago, with identification of the earliest dogs debated. We predict that these earliest dogs (referred to herein as protodogs), while potentially difficult to distinguish morphologically from wolves, experienced behavioral shifts, including changes in diet. Specifically, protodogs may have consumed more bone and other less desirable scraps within human settlement areas. Here we apply Dental Microwear Texture Analysis (DMTA) to canids from the Gravettian site of P�redmostí (approx. 28,500 BP), which were previously assigned to the Paleolithic dog or Pleistocene wolf morphotypes. We test whether these groups separate out significantly by diet- related variation in microwear patterning. Results are consistent with differences in dietary breadth, with the Paleolithic dog morphotype showing evidence of greater durophagy than those assigned to the wolf morphotype. This supports the presence of two morphologically and behaviorally distinct canid types at this middle Upper Paleolithic site. Our primary goal here was to test whether these two morphotypes expressed notable differences in dietary behavior. However, in the context of a major Gravettian settlement, this may also support evidence of early stage dog domestication. Dental microwear is a behavioral signal that may appear generations before morphological changes are established in a population. It shows promise for distinguishing protodogs from wolves in the Pleistocene and domesticated dogs from wolves elsewhere in the archaeological record. |
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Prassack, Kari A. DuBois, Josephine Laznickova-Galetova, Martina Germonpre, Mietje Ungar, Peter S. |
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Prassack, Kari A. DuBois, Josephine Laznickova-Galetova, Martina Germonpre, Mietje Ungar, Peter S. |
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Dental microwear as a behavioral proxy for distinguishing between canids at the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) site of Predmostí, Czech Republic |
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Dental microwear as a behavioral proxy for distinguishing between canids at the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) site of Predmostí, Czech Republic |
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Dental microwear as a behavioral proxy for distinguishing between canids at the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) site of Predmostí, Czech Republic |
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Dental microwear as a behavioral proxy for distinguishing between canids at the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) site of Predmostí, Czech Republic |
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Dental microwear as a behavioral proxy for distinguishing between canids at the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) site of Predmostí, Czech Republic |
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dental microwear as a behavioral proxy for distinguishing between canids at the upper paleolithic (gravettian) site of predmostí, czech republic |
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