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The early hunting dog from Dmanisi with comments on the social behaviour in Canidae and hominins

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    Identifier: imarina:9225813
    Authors:
    Bartolini-Lucenti, SaverioMadurell-Malapeira, JoanMartinez-Navarro, BienvenidoPalmqvist, PaulLordkipanidze, DavidRook, Lorenzo
    Abstract:
    The renowned site of Dmanisi in Georgia, southern Caucasus (ca. 1.8 Ma) yielded the earliest direct evidence of hominin presence out of Africa. In this paper, we report on the first record of a large-sized canid from this site, namely dentognathic remains, referable to a young adult individual that displays hypercarnivorous features (e.g., the reduction of the m1 metaconid and entoconid) that allow us to include these specimens in the hypodigm of the late Early Pleistocene species Canis (Xenocyon) lycaonoides. Much fossil evidence suggests that this species was a cooperative pack-hunter that, unlike other large-sized canids, was capable of social care toward kin and non-kin members of its group. This rather derived hypercarnivorous canid, which has an East Asian origin, shows one of its earliest records at Dmanisi in the Caucasus, at the gates of Europe. Interestingly, its dispersal from Asia to Europe and Africa followed a parallel route to that of hominins, but in the opposite direction. Hominins and hunting dogs, both recorded in Dmanisi at the beginning of their dispersal across the Old World, are the only two Early Pleistocene mammal species with proved altruistic behaviour towards their group members, an issue discussed over more than one century in evolutionary biology.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Bartolini-Lucenti, Saverio; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Martinez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Palmqvist, Paul; Lordkipanidze, David; Rook, Lorenzo;
    Department: Història i Història de l'Art
    URV's Author/s: MADURELL MALAPEIRA, JOAN / Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido
    Keywords: Young adult Social care Social behavior Skull Pack size Nonhuman Morphology Mammalia Lower pleistocene Human Fossil Evolution Europe Dog Dispersal Costs Carnivora Asia Article African wild dogs Africa Adult
    Abstract: The renowned site of Dmanisi in Georgia, southern Caucasus (ca. 1.8 Ma) yielded the earliest direct evidence of hominin presence out of Africa. In this paper, we report on the first record of a large-sized canid from this site, namely dentognathic remains, referable to a young adult individual that displays hypercarnivorous features (e.g., the reduction of the m1 metaconid and entoconid) that allow us to include these specimens in the hypodigm of the late Early Pleistocene species Canis (Xenocyon) lycaonoides. Much fossil evidence suggests that this species was a cooperative pack-hunter that, unlike other large-sized canids, was capable of social care toward kin and non-kin members of its group. This rather derived hypercarnivorous canid, which has an East Asian origin, shows one of its earliest records at Dmanisi in the Caucasus, at the gates of Europe. Interestingly, its dispersal from Asia to Europe and Africa followed a parallel route to that of hominins, but in the opposite direction. Hominins and hunting dogs, both recorded in Dmanisi at the beginning of their dispersal across the Old World, are the only two Early Pleistocene mammal species with proved altruistic behaviour towards their group members, an issue discussed over more than one century in evolutionary biology.
    Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Odontología Nutrição Multidisciplinary sciences Multidisciplinary Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Letras / linguística Interdisciplinar Geografía Geociências Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Educação Economia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: bienvenido.martinez@urv.cat
    Record's date: 2024-07-27
    Journal volume: 11
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92818-4
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Scientific Reports. 11 (1):
    APA: Bartolini-Lucenti, Saverio; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Martinez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Palmqvist, Paul; Lordkipanidze, David; Rook, Lorenzo; (2021). The early hunting dog from Dmanisi with comments on the social behaviour in Canidae and hominins. Scientific Reports, 11(1), -. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92818-4
    Article's DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92818-4
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2021
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary Sciences
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    Social behavior
    Skull
    Pack size
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    Morphology
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    Fossil
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    Dog
    Dispersal
    Costs
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    Article
    African wild dogs
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    Materiais
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    Ciências biológicas iii
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    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
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    Ciência de alimentos
    Ciência da computação
    Biotecnología
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