A note on predator-prey dynamics in radiocarbon datasets

2023/11/15 by Nimrod Marom, Uri Wolkowski · 1 voice · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1101/2023.11.12.566733

openalex publication_date 2023/11/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14

Abstract

A bstract Predator-prey interactions have been a central theme in population ecology for the past century, but real-world data sets only exist for recent, relatively short (<100 years) time spans. This limits our ability to study centennial/millennial-scale predator-prey dynamics. We propose that regional radiocarbon databases can be used to reconstruct a signal of predator-prey population dynamics in deep time, overcoming this limitation. We support our argument with examples from Pleistocene Beringia and the Holocene Judean Desert.

Citations

• The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55 cal kBP)
• INFERENCE FROM LARGE SETS OF RADIOCARBON DATES: SOFTWARE AND METHODS

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• 1/3 New recommendation: Marom, N. and Wolkowski, U. (2024). A note on predator-prey dynamics in radiocarbon datasets, BioRxiv, 566733, doi.org/10.1101/2023... 🏺🧪 [bsky, 3 points, 1 comments]

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