paleoenvironmental

Biology

Waterfall Bluff paleoenvironmental survey reveals leopard seals far from Antarctic waters

Worn Leopard Seal Teeth (#CN47208, Lot 303). Credit: Sandy Oster Waterfall Bluff Rock Shelter (WB), Eastern Cape Province (ECP), South Africa, has sustained and continuous human presence spanning from Late Marine Isotope Stage 3 (ca. 39ka to 29ka) to mid-Holocene (ca. 8ka). Contains archaeological deposits indicating occupation. The first leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) specimens from Pleistocene and Holocene zooarchaeological assemblages…