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Re: Hominid Altitudinal-Latitudinal AdaptationsDan Barnes (dbarnes@liv.ac.uk)Wed, 23 Oct 1996 16:45:06 GMT
In article <01bbbe9f$a94a0aa0$5c2770c2@default>, jdwaters@dircon.co.uk
BIG snip...
>And so to the questions.
I'm not too sure about who you're talking about here. Archaic H.s. were
>2. Was H. neanderthal a tundra climatic adaptation?
Yes.
>3. Is there any evidence of seasonal migrations concerning
Seasonality is difficult to check at the resolution we view the Palaeolithic in. You
Lieberman, D. (1993) The rise and fall of seasonal mobility among
Larger climatic influences have been used to explain the Levantine evidence.
>4. Was H. sapiens a behavioral adaptation to a tundra habitat?
H.s. also adapted to the tundra environment in his limb lenghts (Ruff, 1994 -
>5. Likewise, is there any evidence that H.ss was contemporary
No. Except possibly in Java (and perhaps China?).
>6. In view of the evidence of habitat destruction by H.ss, could
For hominid adaptations to climate read:
Ruff, C.B. (1994) Morphological adaptation to climate in modern and fossil
and for palaeoclimate see:
Boaz, N.T., Ninkovich, D. & Rossignol-Strick, M. (1982) Paleoclimatic setting
I've tried to keep this brief to start with. Any points can be expanded later.
Dan
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