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Faunal Extinction in an Island Society - Pygmy Hippopotamus Hunters of Cyprus (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
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Faunal Extinction in an Island Society - Pygmy Hippopotamus Hunters of Cyprus (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
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The multidisciplinary research program at Akrotiri Aetokremnos is
important, in my op- ion, for three reasons: two empirical and one
conceptual. Quite apart from the archaeology, work at the site is a
major contribution to island biogeography, in that the Phanourios
sample-certainly the best from Cyprus and probably the best
anywhere in the world-has already provided, and will continue to
provide, important ecological and behavioral data on these
intriguing creatures. Dwarfed island faunas are important to our
understanding of the complex factors that shape natural selection
in ecologically closed environments over the evolutionary long
term. At Aetokremnos, we seem to have the "end" of a long sequence
of hippo evolution on the island. With comparative studies of other
Cypriot hippo faunas, we should be able to pin down the interval of
initial colonization by what were, pres- ably, normal-sized hippos,
and-if the other sites can be dated-document the dwarfing process
in considerable detail. Aetokremnos would still be a significant
paleontological - cality, even in the absence of evidence of a
human presence there. While reading the text of the monograph, a
number of questions strictly related to the paleontology occurred
to me. One was how to model the colonization process. There seems
to be little question that the large mammals colonized the island
by swimming to it (because, I gather, Cyprus has not been connected
to the mainland for roughly 5-6 m- lion years).
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