First direct evidence of conservative foraging ecology of early Gigantopithecus blacki (similar to 2 Ma) in Guangxi, southern China

doi:10.1002/ajpa.24300

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	First direct evidence of conservative foraging ecology of early Gigantopithecus blacki (similar to 2 Ma) in Guangxi, southern China
	Jiang, Quyi 1,2,3; Zhao, Lingxia 1,4; Guo, Lin 1,4,5; Hu, Yaowu 1,2,6,7
	2021-05-08
发表期刊	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN	0002-9483
页码	16
通讯作者	Zhao, Lingxia(zhaolingxia@ivpp.ac.cn) ; Hu, Yaowu(ywhu@fudan.edu.cn)
摘要	Objectives: Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest hominoid known, is one of the representative Pleistocene mammals in southern China and northern Southeast Asia. Here we investigate the feeding ecology of G. blacki in its core habitat (Guangxi, Southern China) during the early Early Pleistocene, which was the early period in its evolution. Materials and methods: The stable isotopic (C, O) analysis of tooth enamel of the fauna associated with G. blacki (n = 58), including the largest number of G. blacki teeth (n = 12) to date from the Liucheng Gigantopithecus Cave (similar to 2 Ma), Guangxi, China, is undertaken. Results: The delta C-13 values of Liucheng fauna range from -12.9 to -19.0 parts per thousand with an average of -16.1 +/- 1.3 parts per thousand (n = 58) and the delta O-18 values range from -4.3 to -9.6 parts per thousand with an average of -6.9 +/- 1.2 parts per thousand (n = 58). The delta C-13 values of G. blacki range from -15.9 parts per thousand to -17.0 parts per thousand with an average of -16.5 +/- 0.4 parts per thousand (n = 12), and the delta O-18 values vary from -5.9 parts per thousand to -7.5 parts per thousand with an average of -6.6 +/- 0.5 parts per thousand (n = 12). Conclusions: The isotopic data show Guangxi was characterized by closed C-3 forest and humid climate in the early Early Pleistocene. Niche partitioning is found among G. blacki, Sinomastodon, Ailuropoda and Stegodon, the typical megafauna in South China in the early Early Pleistocene. This could be one of the important factors for them to co-exist until the Middle Pleistocene. Smallest isotopic variations of G. blacki are found compared with those of contemporary animals, indicating a conservative foraging ecology i.e., limited foraging area and/or narrow dietary flexibility. Furthermore, the more confined foraging ecology of G. blacki is also seen in comparison with fossil and extant large-bodied primates. However, the unique dietary pattern of G. blacki does not seem to have hindered its survival. The environment in Guangxi during the early Early Pleistocene offered the suitable conditions for G. blacki to become one of the typical species in the faunal assemblages.
关键词	conservative foraging ecology Gigantopithecus blacki southern China stable isotope (C, O) analysis the early Early Pleistocene
DOI	10.1002/ajpa.24300
关键词[WOS]	STABLE-ISOTOPE ECOLOGY ; HERBIVORE TOOTH ENAMEL ; CARBON-ISOTOPE ; EARLY PLEISTOCENE ; OXYGEN ISOTOPES ; DISCRIMINANT-ANALYSIS ; PAN-TROGLODYTES ; EARLY HOMINID ; U-SERIES ; DIET
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41773008] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000]
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:000648322900001
出版者	WILEY
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/18401
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Zhao, Lingxia; Hu, Yaowu
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Archeol & Anthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Zhejiang Prov Off Cultural Relics Authenticat, Hangzhou, Peoples R China 4.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.Fudan Univ, Dept Cultural Heritage & Museol, 220 Handan Rd, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China 7.Fudan Univ, Inst Archaeol Sci, Shanghai, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jiang, Quyi,Zhao, Lingxia,Guo, Lin,et al. First direct evidence of conservative foraging ecology of early Gigantopithecus blacki (similar to 2 Ma) in Guangxi, southern China[J]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,2021:16.
APA	Jiang, Quyi,Zhao, Lingxia,Guo, Lin,&Hu, Yaowu.(2021).First direct evidence of conservative foraging ecology of early Gigantopithecus blacki (similar to 2 Ma) in Guangxi, southern China.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,16.
MLA	Jiang, Quyi,et al."First direct evidence of conservative foraging ecology of early Gigantopithecus blacki (similar to 2 Ma) in Guangxi, southern China".AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (2021):16.