TY - JOUR
T1 - Outside Africs
T2 - Middle Pleuistocene Lycaon from Hayonim cave, Israel
AU - Stiner, M. C.
AU - Howell, F. C.
AU - Martínez-Navarro, B.
AU - Tchernov, E.
AU - Bar-Yosef, O.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In 1997 a nearly complete adult hemi-mandible of the genus Lycaon (Canidae) was found in the early Middle Paleolithic layer of Hayonim Cave, Israel. Dating to oxygen isotope (18116O) stage 6, or perhaps late stage 7, of the later middle Pleistocene, this is the only unequivocal example of the genus recorded outside of the African continent for any period. The mandible includes three permanent molars, most of the horizontal ramus, and the condyle. It was not in anatomical connection with the cranium at the time of discovery, or with any other skeletal parts. The mandible's morphology is primitive, retaining ancestral features in the dentition and a very robust horizontal ramus. This fossil Lycaon occurs in general stratigraphic association with early Middle Paleolithic artifacts and fauna, but it bears no tool marks or burning damage. This unique find raises new questions about the origin, evolution, and dispersal of the genus Lycaon.
AB - In 1997 a nearly complete adult hemi-mandible of the genus Lycaon (Canidae) was found in the early Middle Paleolithic layer of Hayonim Cave, Israel. Dating to oxygen isotope (18116O) stage 6, or perhaps late stage 7, of the later middle Pleistocene, this is the only unequivocal example of the genus recorded outside of the African continent for any period. The mandible includes three permanent molars, most of the horizontal ramus, and the condyle. It was not in anatomical connection with the cranium at the time of discovery, or with any other skeletal parts. The mandible's morphology is primitive, retaining ancestral features in the dentition and a very robust horizontal ramus. This fossil Lycaon occurs in general stratigraphic association with early Middle Paleolithic artifacts and fauna, but it bears no tool marks or burning damage. This unique find raises new questions about the origin, evolution, and dispersal of the genus Lycaon.
KW - Canidae
KW - Hayonim cave
KW - Lycaon
KW - Middle pleistocene
KW - Western Asia
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034896239
SN - 0375-7633
VL - 40
SP - 293
EP - 302
JO - Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana
JF - Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana
IS - 2
ER -