Research ArticlePALEONTOLOGY
Human footprints provide snapshot of last interglacial ecology in the Arabian interior
- View ORCID ProfileMathew Stewart1,2,3,*,
- View ORCID ProfileRichard Clark-Wilson4,*,
- View ORCID ProfilePaul S. Breeze5,
- View ORCID ProfileKlint Janulis6,†,
- Ian Candy4,
- View ORCID ProfileSimon J. Armitage4,7,
- View ORCID ProfileDavid B. Ryves8,
- View ORCID ProfileJulien Louys9,
- View ORCID ProfileMathieu Duval9,10,
- View ORCID ProfileGilbert J. Price11,
- View ORCID ProfilePatrick Cuthbertson12,
- Marco A. Bernal13,
- Nick A. Drake5,2,
- View ORCID ProfileAbdullah M. Alsharekh14,
- View ORCID ProfileBadr Zahrani15,
- View ORCID ProfileAbdulaziz Al-Omari15,
- Patrick Roberts2,
- View ORCID ProfileHuw S. Groucutt1,2,3 and
- View ORCID ProfileMichael D. Petraglia2,16,17,*
- 1Extreme Events Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, 07745 Jena, Germany.
- 2Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
- 3Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany.
- 4Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK.
- 5Department of Geography, King’s College London, London, UK.
- 6School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG, UK.
- 7SFF Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapiensCE), University of Bergen, Post Box 7805, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
- 8Geography and Environment, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics LE11 3TU, UK.
- 9Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE), Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia.
- 10Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos09002, Spain.
- 11School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia.
- 12Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
- 13Fundación Instituto de Investigación de Prehistoria y Evolución Humama. PALEOMÁGINA, Centro de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Sierra Mágina Calle Nueva s/n; 23537 Bedmar (Jaén), Spain.
- 14Department of Archaeology, College of Tourism and Archaeology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- 15Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- 16Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.
- 17School of Social Science, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: mstewart{at}ice.mpg.de (M.S.); richard.clark-wilson{at}rhul.ac.uk (R.C.-W.); petraglia{at}shh.mpg.de (M.D.P.)
↵† Present address: Center for Cognitive Archeology, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, USA.
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Science Advances 18 Sep 2020:
Vol. 6, no. 38, eaba8940
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba8940
Vol. 6, no. 38, eaba8940
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba8940
Mathew Stewart
1Extreme Events Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, 07745 Jena, Germany.
2Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
3Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany.
Richard Clark-Wilson
4Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK.
Paul S. Breeze
5Department of Geography, King’s College London, London, UK.
Klint Janulis
6School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG, UK.
Ian Candy
4Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK.
Simon J. Armitage
4Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK.
7SFF Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapiensCE), University of Bergen, Post Box 7805, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
David B. Ryves
8Geography and Environment, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics LE11 3TU, UK.
Julien Louys
9Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE), Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia.
Mathieu Duval
9Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE), Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia.
10Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos09002, Spain.
Gilbert J. Price
11School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia.
Patrick Cuthbertson
12Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Marco A. Bernal
13Fundación Instituto de Investigación de Prehistoria y Evolución Humama. PALEOMÁGINA, Centro de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Sierra Mágina Calle Nueva s/n; 23537 Bedmar (Jaén), Spain.
Nick A. Drake
5Department of Geography, King’s College London, London, UK.
2Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
Abdullah M. Alsharekh
14Department of Archaeology, College of Tourism and Archaeology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Badr Zahrani
15Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz Al-Omari
15Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Patrick Roberts
2Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
Huw S. Groucutt
1Extreme Events Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, 07745 Jena, Germany.
2Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
3Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany.
Michael D. Petraglia
2Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
16Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.
17School of Social Science, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
