Pleistocene Micromammals and Their Predators at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa
@article{FernndezJalvo2015PleistoceneMA, title={Pleistocene Micromammals and Their Predators at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa}, author={Yolanda Fern{\'a}ndez-Jalvo and D. Margaret Avery}, journal={African Archaeological Review}, year={2015}, volume={32}, pages={751-791} }
Wonderwerk Cave has produced exceptionally large micromammalian samples that provides a range of information pertaining to taphonomy, and prey-predator ecology, which will improve the precision of environmental interpretation. Here, we examine these aspects for mid-Pleistocene strata 12 and 11, and conclude from the taphonomic evidence that the main predator responsible for the small mammal assemblages in the two lower-most strata at the site, was a category 1 predator, likely the barn owl Tyto…
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