Multiproxy approach to reconstruct fossil primate feeding behavior: Case study for macaque from the Plio-Pleistocene site Guefaït-4.2 (eastern Morocco)
Iván Ramírez-Pedraza
(1)
,
Laura Martínez
(2)
,
Hassan Aouraghe
(3)
,
Florent Rivals
(4, 5)
,
Carlos Tornero
(6)
,
Hamid Haddoumi
(7)
,
Ferran Estebaranz-Sánchez
(8)
,
Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo
(9)
,
Jan van der Made
(10)
,
Aïcha Oujaa
(11)
,
Juan José Ibáñez
(12)
,
Hicham Mhamdi
(13)
,
Mohamed Souhir
(14)
,
Al Mahdi Aissa
(14)
,
M. Gema Chacón
(15)
,
Robert Sala-Ramos
(1)
1
IPHES-CERCA -
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social
2 UANL - Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon [Mexique]
3 Faculté des Sciences, Centre Universitaire de Recherches en Archéologie
4 Universitat Rovira i Virgili
5 ICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats = Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
6 Department of Prehistory, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra
7 Université Mohamed I Faculté des Sciences
8 Archaeology of Social Dynamics (ASD), Institución Milá y Fontanals (IMF), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona
9 Instituto de Evolución en África
10 CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain]
11 INSAP - Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine
12 Dpto de Arqueología y Antropología. Institución Milá y Fontanals.
13 University of Mohammed I - Université Mohammed Premier
14 Faculté des Sciences, Département de Géologie, Université Mohamed Premier, Oujda
15 HNHP - Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
2 UANL - Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon [Mexique]
3 Faculté des Sciences, Centre Universitaire de Recherches en Archéologie
4 Universitat Rovira i Virgili
5 ICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats = Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
6 Department of Prehistory, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra
7 Université Mohamed I Faculté des Sciences
8 Archaeology of Social Dynamics (ASD), Institución Milá y Fontanals (IMF), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona
9 Instituto de Evolución en África
10 CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain]
11 INSAP - Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine
12 Dpto de Arqueología y Antropología. Institución Milá y Fontanals.
13 University of Mohammed I - Université Mohammed Premier
14 Faculté des Sciences, Département de Géologie, Université Mohamed Premier, Oujda
15 HNHP - Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
Résumé
The genus Macaca belongs to Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), Cercopithecinae, Papionini. The presence of Macaca in North Africa is well known from the Late Miocene to the Late Pleistocene. However, the diet of fossil Macaca has been poorly described in the literature. In this study, we investigated the feeding habits of Macaca cf. sylvanus ( n = 4) from the Plio-Pleistocene site Guefaït-4.2 in eastern Morocco through multiproxy analysis combining analyses of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes from tooth enamel, buccal microtexture, and low-magnification occlusal dental microwear. For both microwear analyses, we compared the macaques with a new reference collection of extant members of Cercopithecoidea. Our occlusal microwear results show for the fossil macaque a pattern similar to the extant Cercocebus atys and Lophocebus albigena , African forest-dwelling species that are characterized by a durophagous diet based mainly on hard fruit and seed intake. Buccal microtexture results also suggest the consumption of some grasses and the exploitation of more open habitats, similar to that observed in Theropithecus gelada . The δ 13 C of M . cf. sylvanus indicates a C 3 based-diet without the presence of C 4 plants typical of the savanna grassland in eastern Africa during this period. The high δ 18 O values of M . cf. sylvanus , compared with the contemporary ungulates recovered from Guefaït-4.2, could be associated with the consumption of a different resource by the primate such as leaves or fresh fruits from the upper part of trees. The complementarity of these methods allows for a dietary reconstruction covering a large part of the individual’s life.
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Multiproxy approach to reconstruct fossil primate feeding behavior: Case study for macaque from the Plio-Pleistocene site Guefaït-4.2 (eastern Morocco)
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Résumé |
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The genus Macaca belongs to Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), Cercopithecinae, Papionini. The presence of Macaca in North Africa is well known from the Late Miocene to the Late Pleistocene. However, the diet of fossil Macaca has been poorly described in the literature. In this study, we investigated the feeding habits of Macaca cf. sylvanus ( n = 4) from the Plio-Pleistocene site Guefaït-4.2 in eastern Morocco through multiproxy analysis combining analyses of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes from tooth enamel, buccal microtexture, and low-magnification occlusal dental microwear. For both microwear analyses, we compared the macaques with a new reference collection of extant members of Cercopithecoidea. Our occlusal microwear results show for the fossil macaque a pattern similar to the extant Cercocebus atys and Lophocebus albigena , African forest-dwelling species that are characterized by a durophagous diet based mainly on hard fruit and seed intake. Buccal microtexture results also suggest the consumption of some grasses and the exploitation of more open habitats, similar to that observed in Theropithecus gelada . The δ 13 C of M . cf. sylvanus indicates a C 3 based-diet without the presence of C 4 plants typical of the savanna grassland in eastern Africa during this period. The high δ 18 O values of M . cf. sylvanus , compared with the contemporary ungulates recovered from Guefaït-4.2, could be associated with the consumption of a different resource by the primate such as leaves or fresh fruits from the upper part of trees. The complementarity of these methods allows for a dietary reconstruction covering a large part of the individual’s life.
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Auteur(s) |
Iván Ramírez-Pedraza
1
, Laura Martínez
2
, Hassan Aouraghe
3
, Florent Rivals
4, 5
, Carlos Tornero
6
, Hamid Haddoumi
7
, Ferran Estebaranz-Sánchez
8
, Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo
9
, Jan van der Made
10
, Aïcha Oujaa
11
, Juan José Ibáñez
12
, Hicham Mhamdi
13
, Mohamed Souhir
14
, Al Mahdi Aissa
14
, M. Gema Chacón
15
, Robert Sala-Ramos
1
1
IPHES-CERCA -
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social
( 564320 )
- Zona Educacional 4 Campus Sescelades URV (Edifici W3) 43007, Tarragona
- Espagne
2
UANL -
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon [Mexique]
( 323020 )
- Pedro de Alba s/n, San Nicolás de Los Garza, Nuevo León
- Mexique
3
Faculté des Sciences, Centre Universitaire de Recherches en Archéologie
( 86546 )
- Oujda
- Maroc
4
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
( 165020 )
- 43007 Tarragona
- Espagne
5
ICREA -
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats = Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
( 300218 )
- Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona
- Espagne
6
Department of Prehistory, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra
( 1166214 )
- Espagne
7
Université Mohamed I Faculté des Sciences
( 301050 )
- Maroc
8
Archaeology of Social Dynamics (ASD), Institución Milá y Fontanals (IMF), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona
( 1166215 )
- Espagne
9
Instituto de Evolución en África
( 564323 )
- C/ Covarrubias 36
28010, Madrid
- Espagne
10
CSIC -
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain]
( 106380 )
- Serrano 117, 28006, Madrid
- Espagne
11
INSAP -
Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine
( 301061 )
- Rabat
- Maroc
12
Dpto de Arqueología y Antropología. Institución Milá y Fontanals.
( 122522 )
- Egipciacas 15, 08001 Barcelona
- Espagne
13
University of Mohammed I - Université Mohammed Premier
( 1068350 )
- BV Mohammed VI,BP 524, Oujda
- Maroc
14
Faculté des Sciences, Département de Géologie, Université Mohamed Premier, Oujda
( 1166216 )
- Maroc
15
HNHP -
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
( 121947 )
- Institut de Paléontologie Humaine - 1, rue René Panhard - 75013 Paris
- France
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Anglais
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Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Partage selon les Conditions Initiales
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Date de publication |
2023-02-28
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Volume |
11
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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URL éditeur |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1011208/full
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DOI | 10.3389/fevo.2023.1011208 |
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