Low regional diversity of late cave bears mitochondrial DNA at the time of Chauvet Aurignacian paintings

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1886-1895

  Bon, Céline ^a   Berthonaud, Véronique ^a   Fosse, Philippe ^b   Gély, Bernard ^c   Maksud, Frédéric ^d   Vitalis, Renaud ^e   Philippe, Michel ^f   van der Plicht, Johannes ^g,h   Elalouf, Jean Marc ^a  

^a SERVICE DE CHIMIE BIOORGANIQUE ET DE MARQUAGE   (France)

^b Maison de la Recherche   (France)

^c Centre régional de pharmacovigilance de Rhône Alpes   (France)

^d Service Regional de l'Archeologie   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f Centre de Conservation et d'Étude sur les Collections   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Chauvet Pont d'Arc Cave; Deux Ouvertures Cave; Mitochondrial D loop; Radiocarbon dating; Ursus spelaeus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; EXTINCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIBERNATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARDECHE; ARDECHE RIVER; CHAUVET CAVE; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES;

ANIMALIA; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 79958762713     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.033     Document Type: Article

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