Going beyond the potential equifinality problems: A response to Saladie and Rodriguez-Hidalgo (2019)
Actualistic studies have been commonly used as valid analogies in taphonomic research and, as the growing body of data demonstrate, have proved to be highly informative to explain the formation of terrestrial vertebrate fossil faunas. In Rosell et al. (2019), we conducted an experimental study with...
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fturoviravirgili:oai:urv.cat:imarina:6013693 2023-05-15T18:42:19+02:00 Going beyond the potential equifinality problems: A response to Saladie and Rodriguez-Hidalgo (2019) Fernandez-Jalvo, Yolanda Arilla, Maite Blasco, Ruth Rosell, Jordi Universitat Rovira i Virgili 2019 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina6013693 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina6013693 Quaternary International 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.11.031 Quaternary International. 532172-178 Earth-Surface Processes,Geography Physical,Geosciences Interdisciplinary,Geosciences Multidisciplinary Tooth marks Taphonomic analysis Surface modification Peeling Neo-taphonomy Iberian lynx Humans Human consumption Gran dolina sierra Geometric morphometrics Equifinality Early pleistocene Carnivore taxa Bone modifications Bolomor cave valencia Bears Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Odontología Medicina ii Interdisciplinar Historia y filosofía de la ciencia Historia Geosciences interdisciplinary Geography physical Geografía Geociências Ensino Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Earth-surface processes Ciencias humanas Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia Journal Publications 2019 fturoviravirgili https://doi.org/20.500.11797/imarina6013693 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.11.031 2021-04-20T23:07:33Z Actualistic studies have been commonly used as valid analogies in taphonomic research and, as the growing body of data demonstrate, have proved to be highly informative to explain the formation of terrestrial vertebrate fossil faunas. In Rosell et al. (2019), we conducted an experimental study with free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos) with the aim of modeling their behavior and characterizing the bone damage caused on large, medium and small-sized ungulate carcasses. The purpose of the study was to highlight the equifinality processes observed experimentally based on the assumption that some carnivores show physical and dental characteristics that could lead to bone modifications potentially like those generated by humans (Rosell et al., 2019, p.67). In the case of bears, their bunodont dentition and plantigrade locomotion -the latter allows them to frequently release and use their claws as `hands'- have led to the production of peeling and tooth marks that show important similarities with those generated during the feeding activities of humans and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), although anecdotally also made by other taphonomic agents. Saladie and Rodriguez-Hidalgo (2019) interpret our study as an attempt to invalidate their inferences about human tooth marks from the TD6.2 level of Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain), even though we do not make any archaeological application. We also clearly maintain that ours is an initial and merely descriptive study that aims to raise awareness of the existence of taphonomic equifinality phenomena between bears and humans. The present work intends, therefore, to respond to their criticisms about the contexts in which humans and bears produce peeling as well as about the methodology used for assessing the toot Other/Unknown Material Ursus arctos Lynx Universitat Rovira i Virgili: Repositori institucional URV Rodriguez ENVELOPE(-56.720,-56.720,-63.529,-63.529) Quaternary International 532 172 178 |
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Earth-Surface Processes,Geography Physical,Geosciences Interdisciplinary,Geosciences Multidisciplinary Tooth marks Taphonomic analysis Surface modification Peeling Neo-taphonomy Iberian lynx Humans Human consumption Gran dolina sierra Geometric morphometrics Equifinality Early pleistocene Carnivore taxa Bone modifications Bolomor cave valencia Bears Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Odontología Medicina ii Interdisciplinar Historia y filosofía de la ciencia Historia Geosciences interdisciplinary Geography physical Geografía Geociências Ensino Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Earth-surface processes Ciencias humanas Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia |
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Earth-Surface Processes,Geography Physical,Geosciences Interdisciplinary,Geosciences Multidisciplinary Tooth marks Taphonomic analysis Surface modification Peeling Neo-taphonomy Iberian lynx Humans Human consumption Gran dolina sierra Geometric morphometrics Equifinality Early pleistocene Carnivore taxa Bone modifications Bolomor cave valencia Bears Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Odontología Medicina ii Interdisciplinar Historia y filosofía de la ciencia Historia Geosciences interdisciplinary Geography physical Geografía Geociências Ensino Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Earth-surface processes Ciencias humanas Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia Fernandez-Jalvo, Yolanda Arilla, Maite Blasco, Ruth Rosell, Jordi Going beyond the potential equifinality problems: A response to Saladie and Rodriguez-Hidalgo (2019) |
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Earth-Surface Processes,Geography Physical,Geosciences Interdisciplinary,Geosciences Multidisciplinary Tooth marks Taphonomic analysis Surface modification Peeling Neo-taphonomy Iberian lynx Humans Human consumption Gran dolina sierra Geometric morphometrics Equifinality Early pleistocene Carnivore taxa Bone modifications Bolomor cave valencia Bears Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Odontología Medicina ii Interdisciplinar Historia y filosofía de la ciencia Historia Geosciences interdisciplinary Geography physical Geografía Geociências Ensino Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Earth-surface processes Ciencias humanas Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia |
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Actualistic studies have been commonly used as valid analogies in taphonomic research and, as the growing body of data demonstrate, have proved to be highly informative to explain the formation of terrestrial vertebrate fossil faunas. In Rosell et al. (2019), we conducted an experimental study with free-ranging brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos) with the aim of modeling their behavior and characterizing the bone damage caused on large, medium and small-sized ungulate carcasses. The purpose of the study was to highlight the equifinality processes observed experimentally based on the assumption that some carnivores show physical and dental characteristics that could lead to bone modifications potentially like those generated by humans (Rosell et al., 2019, p.67). In the case of bears, their bunodont dentition and plantigrade locomotion -the latter allows them to frequently release and use their claws as `hands'- have led to the production of peeling and tooth marks that show important similarities with those generated during the feeding activities of humans and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), although anecdotally also made by other taphonomic agents. Saladie and Rodriguez-Hidalgo (2019) interpret our study as an attempt to invalidate their inferences about human tooth marks from the TD6.2 level of Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain), even though we do not make any archaeological application. We also clearly maintain that ours is an initial and merely descriptive study that aims to raise awareness of the existence of taphonomic equifinality phenomena between bears and humans. The present work intends, therefore, to respond to their criticisms about the contexts in which humans and bears produce peeling as well as about the methodology used for assessing the toot |
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Going beyond the potential equifinality problems: A response to Saladie and Rodriguez-Hidalgo (2019) |
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Going beyond the potential equifinality problems: A response to Saladie and Rodriguez-Hidalgo (2019) |
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Going beyond the potential equifinality problems: A response to Saladie and Rodriguez-Hidalgo (2019) |
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