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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106610
	Walking in mud: Remarkable Pleistocene human trackways from White Sands National Park (New Mexico)
	Bennett M.R.; Bustos D.; Odess D.; Urban T.M.; Lallensack J.N.; Budka M.; Santucci V.L.; Martinez P.; Wiseman A.L.A.; Reynolds S.C.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	249
英文摘要	Human tracks at White Sands National Park record more than one and a half kilometres of an out- and-return journey and form the longest Late Pleistocene-age double human trackway in the world. An adolescent or small adult female made two trips separated by at least several hours, carrying a young child in at least one direction. Despite giant ground sloth and Columbian Mammoth transecting them between the outbound and return journeys, the human tracks show no changes indicative of predator/prey awareness. In contrast, the giant ground sloth tracks show behaviour consistent with human predator awareness, while mammoth tracks show no such apparent concern. The human footprints are morphologically variable and exhibit left-right asymmetry, which might be due to child carrying. We explore this morphological variability using methods based on the analysis of objective track outlines, which add to the analytical toolkit available for use at other human footprint sites. The sheer number of tracks and their remarkable morphological variability have implications for the reliability of inferences made using much smaller samples as are more common at typical footprint sites. One conclusion is that the number of footprints required to make reliable biometric inferences is greater than often assumed. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Adult females; Human footprints; Late Pleistocene; Left-right asymmetry; Morphological variability; National parks; Predator/prey; Young children; Behavioral research; behavioral response; footprint; mammoth; morphology; national park; Pleistocene; trackway; New Mexico; United States; White Sands; sloths
来源期刊	Quaternary Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151250
作者单位	Institute for Studies in Landscapes and Human Evolution, Bournemouth University, Poole, BH12 5BB, United Kingdom; National Park Service, White Sands National Park, P.O. Box 1086, Holloman AFB, NM 88330, United States; Department of Classics, Tree-ring Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3201, United States; School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Bryon Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, United Kingdom; National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC, 20240, United States; Structure and Motion Laboratory, Department of Comparative Biology, The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA, United Kingdom; National Park Service, Cultural Resources Directorate, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC, 20240, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bennett M.R.,Bustos D.,Odess D.,et al. Walking in mud: Remarkable Pleistocene human trackways from White Sands National Park (New Mexico)[J],2020,249.
APA	Bennett M.R..,Bustos D..,Odess D..,Urban T.M..,Lallensack J.N..,...&Reynolds S.C..(2020).Walking in mud: Remarkable Pleistocene human trackways from White Sands National Park (New Mexico).Quaternary Science Reviews,249.
MLA	Bennett M.R.,et al."Walking in mud: Remarkable Pleistocene human trackways from White Sands National Park (New Mexico)".Quaternary Science Reviews 249(2020).