Post by Carlos on Feb 25, 2006 20:40:26 GMT
After serious doubts, I have taken the decision to post it and have a discussion here.
To me, Equus mauritanicus was a Pleistocene species, related to the Plain Zebra, found in some Pleistocene sites North of the Sahara.
But I've just come across an article that deals with pre-Neolithic cultures in Maghreb (North-Western Africa), that mention this equid among the mastofauna present during that time in a savanna-like environment.
Specially intriguing to me is the mention of this species in the Capsian period (10000-7500 BP) (see p. 135 in the pdf)
A possible clue could be the absence of the Wild Ass (Equus africanus) among the species mentioned in that fauna, and that remains of it could have been misidentified as E. mauritanicus.
Reference:
Lubell, D. 2001. Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Maghreb. In, P.N. Peregrine & M. Ember (eds.) Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 1: Africa. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 129-149
www.ualberta.ca/~dlubell/Ency_Maghreb.pdf
To me, Equus mauritanicus was a Pleistocene species, related to the Plain Zebra, found in some Pleistocene sites North of the Sahara.
But I've just come across an article that deals with pre-Neolithic cultures in Maghreb (North-Western Africa), that mention this equid among the mastofauna present during that time in a savanna-like environment.
Specially intriguing to me is the mention of this species in the Capsian period (10000-7500 BP) (see p. 135 in the pdf)
A possible clue could be the absence of the Wild Ass (Equus africanus) among the species mentioned in that fauna, and that remains of it could have been misidentified as E. mauritanicus.
Reference:
Lubell, D. 2001. Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Maghreb. In, P.N. Peregrine & M. Ember (eds.) Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 1: Africa. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 129-149
www.ualberta.ca/~dlubell/Ency_Maghreb.pdf
