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Scavenging or Hunting in Early Hominids: Theoretical Framework and Tests
Author(s) -
Shipman Pat
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1986.88.1.02a00020
Subject(s) - guild , scavenging , carnivore , ecology , olduvai gorge , biology , geography , archaeology , habitat , predation , biochemistry , antioxidant
Evidence from Bed I, Olduvai, supports the hypothesis that scavenging, not hunting, was the major meat‐procurement strategy of hominids between 2 and 1.7 million years ago. Data used to evaluate the hunting and scavenging hypotheses are derived from studying cut marks on Bed I bovids, comparing adaptations necessary for scavenging with those of early hominids, and a pa‐leoecological reconstruction of Bed I carcass biotnass, carnivore guild, and hominidforaging area.