Research ArticleANTHROPOLOGY
Footprints preserve terminal Pleistocene hunt? Human-sloth interactions in North America
- David Bustos1,
- Jackson Jakeway1,
- Tommy M. Urban2,
- Vance T. Holliday3,4,
- Brendan Fenerty4,
- David A. Raichlen3,
- Marcin Budka5,
- Sally C. Reynolds5,
- Bruce D. Allen6,
- David W. Love6,
- Vincent L. Santucci7,
- Daniel Odess8,
- Patrick Willey9,
- H. Gregory McDonald10 and
- Matthew R. Bennett5,*
- 1National Park Service, White Sands National Monument, P.O. Box 1086, Holloman Air Force Base, NM 88330, USA.
- 2Department of Classics, Tree-ring Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853–3201, USA.
- 3School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona, 1009 E. South Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
- 4Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 1040 E. Fourth Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
- 5Institute for Studies in Landscapes and Human Evolution, Bournemouth University, Poole BH12 5BB, UK.
- 6New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA.
- 7National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, USA.
- 8National Park Service, Cultural Resources Directorate, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, USA.
- 9Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA 95929–0400, USA.
- 10Bureau of Land Management, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101–1345, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: mbennett{at}bournemouth.ac.uk
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Science Advances 25 Apr 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 4, eaar7621
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar7621
Vol. 4, no. 4, eaar7621
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar7621
David Bustos
National Park Service, White Sands National Monument, P.O. Box 1086, Holloman Air Force Base, NM 88330, USA.
Jackson Jakeway
National Park Service, White Sands National Monument, P.O. Box 1086, Holloman Air Force Base, NM 88330, USA.
Tommy M. Urban
Department of Classics, Tree-ring Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853–3201, USA.
Vance T. Holliday
School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona, 1009 E. South Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 1040 E. Fourth Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Brendan Fenerty
Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 1040 E. Fourth Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
David A. Raichlen
School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona, 1009 E. South Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Marcin Budka
Institute for Studies in Landscapes and Human Evolution, Bournemouth University, Poole BH12 5BB, UK.
Sally C. Reynolds
Institute for Studies in Landscapes and Human Evolution, Bournemouth University, Poole BH12 5BB, UK.
Bruce D. Allen
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA.
David W. Love
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA.
Vincent L. Santucci
National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, USA.
Daniel Odess
National Park Service, Cultural Resources Directorate, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, USA.
Patrick Willey
Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA 95929–0400, USA.
H. Gregory McDonald
Bureau of Land Management, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101–1345, USA.
Matthew R. Bennett
Institute for Studies in Landscapes and Human Evolution, Bournemouth University, Poole BH12 5BB, UK.