Home-range size in large-bodied carnivores as a model for predicting neandertal territory size.
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Churchill, SE; Walker, CS; Schwartz, AM
Published in: Evolutionary anthropology
May 2016
Adult human foragers expend roughly 30-60 kcal per km in unburdened walking at optimal speeds.(1,2) In the context of foraging rounds and residential moves, they may routinely travel distances of 50-70 km per week, often while carrying loads.(3) Movement on the landscape, then, is arguably the single most expensive item in the activity budgets of hunter-gatherers. Mobility costs may have been greater still for Neandertals. They had stocky, short-limbed physiques that were energetically costly to move(4) and lived in relatively unproductive Pleistocene environments(5) that may have required greater movement to deal with problems of biodepletion and resource patchiness.(6) But just how mobile were the Neandertals?
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Evolutionary anthropology
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1520-6505
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1060-1538
Publication Date
May 2016
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25
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3
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117 / 123
Related Subject Headings
- Wolves
- Neanderthals
- Models, Biological
- Homing Behavior
- History, Ancient
- Anthropology, Physical
- Anthropology
- Animals
- 4409 Social work
- 4404 Development studies
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Churchill, S. E., Walker, C. S., & Schwartz, A. M. (2016). Home-range size in large-bodied carnivores as a model for predicting neandertal territory size. Evolutionary Anthropology, 25(3), 117–123. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21483
Churchill, Steven Emilio, Christopher Scott Walker, and Adam Michael Schwartz. “Home-range size in large-bodied carnivores as a model for predicting neandertal territory size.” Evolutionary Anthropology 25, no. 3 (May 2016): 117–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21483.
Churchill SE, Walker CS, Schwartz AM. Home-range size in large-bodied carnivores as a model for predicting neandertal territory size. Evolutionary anthropology. 2016 May;25(3):117–23.
Churchill, Steven Emilio, et al. “Home-range size in large-bodied carnivores as a model for predicting neandertal territory size.” Evolutionary Anthropology, vol. 25, no. 3, May 2016, pp. 117–23. Epmc, doi:10.1002/evan.21483.
Churchill SE, Walker CS, Schwartz AM. Home-range size in large-bodied carnivores as a model for predicting neandertal territory size. Evolutionary anthropology. 2016 May;25(3):117–123.
Published In
Evolutionary anthropology
DOI
EISSN
1520-6505
ISSN
1060-1538
Publication Date
May 2016
Volume
25
Issue
3
Start / End Page
117 / 123
Related Subject Headings
- Wolves
- Neanderthals
- Models, Biological
- Homing Behavior
- History, Ancient
- Anthropology, Physical
- Anthropology
- Animals
- 4409 Social work
- 4404 Development studies