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Zinc isotopes in Late Pleistocene fossil teeth from a Southeast Asian cave setting preserve paleodietary information
Pierre-olivier AntoineQuentin BoeschNicolas BourgonNicolas BourgonElise Patole-edoumbaKlervia JaouenKlervia JaouenManon HullotPhilippe DuringerKlaus Peter JochumRenaud Joannes-boyauDaovee SihanamSomoh DuangthongchitPhonephanh SichanthongtipAlexandra ZachwiejaDenis FiorilloThomas TütkenTyler E. DunnThongsa SayavonkhamdyManuel TrostEllen Schulz-kornasEllen Schulz-kornasEllen Schulz-kornasViengkeo SouksavatdyElise DufourFabrice DemeterJ. L. PoncheAnne-marie BaconUlrike WeisLaura L. ShackelfordJean-jacques HublinJean-jacques Hublinsubject
[SHS.ANTHRO-BIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Biological anthropologyDIAGENESIS010502 geochemistry & geophysics01 natural sciencesBiochemistry[SHS]Humanities and Social SciencesMAMMALIAN ASSEMBLAGESAsia SoutheasternTrophic leveltrophic ecologyMultidisciplinarygeography.geographical_feature_categoryEnamel paintStable isotope ratioEcologyFossilsFRACTIONATIONzincBONE-COLLAGENHominidaeBiological SciencesIsotopes of nitrogenCavesvisual_artDiet Paleolithicvisual_art.visual_art_mediumZinc IsotopesCollagen[SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/PaleontologydiagenesisGeology010506 paleontologyPleistoceneOXYGEN ISOTOPESSTRONTIUM ISOTOPESstable isotopesSoutheast asianTOOTHDIETCavestomatognathic systemAnimals0105 earth and related environmental sciencesgeographyArchéozoologieTrace elementNITROGENstomatognathic diseasesELEMENTdietToothdescription
Significance Dietary habits, especially meat consumption, represent a key aspect in the behavior and evolution of fossil hominin species. Here, we explore zinc (Zn) isotope ratios in tooth enamel of fossil mammals. We show discrimination between different trophic levels and demonstrate that Zn isotopes could prove useful in paleodietary studies of fossil hominin, or other mammalian species, to assess their consumption of animal versus plant resources. We also demonstrate the high preservation potential of pristine diet-related Zn isotope ratios, even under tropical conditions with poor collagen preservation, such as the studied depositional context in Southeast Asia. However, assessing the preservation of original δ66Zn values is required for each fossil site as diagenesis may vary across and even within taphonomic settings.
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| 2020-02-01 |