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dc.contributor.authorNeto de Carvalho, Carlos-
dc.contributor.authorBelaústegui, Zain-
dc.contributor.authorToscano, Antonio-
dc.contributor.authorMuñiz, Fernando-
dc.contributor.authorBelo, João-
dc.contributor.authorGalán, Jose María-
dc.contributor.authorGómez, Paula-
dc.contributor.authorCáceres, Luis M-
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez-Vidal, Joaquín-
dc.contributor.authorCunha, Pedro Proença-
dc.contributor.authorCachão, Mario-
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Francisco-
dc.contributor.authorRamirez-Cruzado, Samuel-
dc.contributor.authorGiles-Guzmán, Francisco-
dc.contributor.authorFinlayson, Geraldine-
dc.contributor.authorFinlayson, Stewart-
dc.contributor.authorFinlayson, Clive-
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-19T16:23:47Z-
dc.date.available2021-11-19T16:23:47Z-
dc.date.issued2021-11-15-
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322pt
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10316/96445-
dc.description.abstractTracks and trackways of newborns, calves and juveniles attributed to straight-tusked elephants were found in the MIS 5 site (Upper Pleistocene) known as the Matalascañas Trampled Surface (MTS) at Huelva, SW Spain. Evidence of a snapshot of social behaviour, especially parental care, can be determined from the concentration of elephant tracks and trackways, and especially from apparently contemporaneous converging trackways, of small juvenile and larger, presumably young adult female tracks. The size frequency of the tracks enabled us to infer body mass and age distribution of the animals that crossed the MTS. Comparisons of the MTS demographic frequency with the morphology of the fore- and hind limbs of extant and fossil proboscideans shed light into the reproductive ecology of the straight-tusked elephant, Palaeloxodon antiquus. The interdune pond habitat appeared to have been an important water and food resource for matriarchal herds of straight-tusked elephants and likely functioned as a reproductive habitat, with only the rare presence of adult and older males in the MTS. The preservation of this track record in across a paleosol surface, although heavily trampled by different animals, including Neanderthals, over a short time frame, permitted an exceptional view into short-term intraspecific trophic interactions occurring in the Last Interglacial coastal habitat. Therefore, it is hypothesized that Neanderthals visited MTS for hunting or scavenging on weakened or dead elephants, and more likely calves.pt
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch was possible thanks to the Delegaciones territoriales de Huelva, Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Desarrollo Sostenible and Consejería de Cultura (Junta de Andalucía), Servicio de Geodiversidad y Bio-diversidad (Dirección General de Medio Natural, Biodiversidad y Espacios Protegidos) and The National Park of Doñana. Thanks to Juan Jose Negro for several photos provided and Ramón López Romero during fieldwork. This work has been supported by the Research Groups RNM-293 and RNM-238, University of Huelva & Junta de Andalucía, and by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, (with FEDER and COMPETE 2020 funds) under the project UIDB/MAR/04292/2020 (MARE — Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre). CNC would like to thank the financial support from the Câmara Municipal de Odemira. This work also received institutional support from the Naturtejo, E.I.M. (Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark). We would like to thank to all the colleagues who have collaborated in the field campaigns. The authors extend their warm appreciation to the Editorial Board member Matteo Belvedere and the reviewers Lara Sciscio and an anonymous that helped to significantly improve the present paper.pt
dc.language.isoengpt
dc.relationUIDB/MAR/04292/2020pt
dc.rightsopenAccesspt
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt
dc.subject.meshAnimalspt
dc.subject.meshAnimals, Newbornpt
dc.subject.meshBody Heightpt
dc.subject.meshBody Weightpt
dc.subject.meshEcosystempt
dc.subject.meshElephantspt
dc.subject.meshFemalept
dc.subject.meshGeographypt
dc.subject.meshHumanspt
dc.subject.meshImaging, Three-Dimensionalpt
dc.subject.meshNeanderthalspt
dc.subject.meshReproductionpt
dc.subject.meshSpainpt
dc.titleFirst tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus)pt
dc.typearticle-
degois.publication.firstPage17311pt
degois.publication.issue1pt
degois.publication.titleScientific Reportspt
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-96754-1.pdfpt
dc.peerreviewedyespt
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-021-96754-1pt
degois.publication.volume11pt
dc.date.embargo2021-11-15*
uc.date.periodoEmbargo0pt
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crisitem.author.researchunitCGEO - Geosciences Center-
crisitem.author.researchunitMARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-9956-4652-
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