Competition Theory and the Case for Pleistocene Hominin-Carnivore Co-evolution

摘要: Virtually every period in human evolutionary history provides examples of co-evolutionary processes with animal, plant or fungi species. Some the earliest come from zooarchaeological studies interactions members order Carnivora. Archaeological research on this subject goes back 50 years more and follows numerous conceptual paths. This paper explores ideas some evidence hominin-carnivore viewpoint ecology extent to which these have progressed recent decades. The challenge is demonstrate that paths co-evolving species were mutually constrained. key behavioral outcomes among humans include non-primate behaviors such as habitual food transport, extensive sharing efficient processing animal foods-behaviors also critical success many social carnivores. Another outcome argued arisen relations partial complementarity patterns prey age selection other large predators across African Eurasian ecosystems. At heart about cause co-evolution are competition models.