Ancient biomolecular analysis of 39 mammoth individuals from Kostenki 11-Ia elucidates Upper Palaeolithic human resource use
Circular structures made from woolly mammoth bones are found across Ukraine and west Russia, yet the origin of the bones remains uncertain. We present ten new mammoth radiocarbon dates from the largest circular structure at Kostenki 11-Ia, identifying two mammoth mandibles ∼200–1200 years older than...
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| Main Authors: | Alba Rey-Iglesia, Alexander J.E. Pryor, Deon de Jager, Tess Wilson, Mathew A. Teeter, Ashot Margaryan, Ruslan Khaskhanov, Louise Le Meillour, Gaudry Troché, Frido Welker, Paul Szpak, Alexandr E. Dudin, Eline D. Lorenzen |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-03-01
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| Series: | Quaternary Environments and Humans |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950236524000471 |
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