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Rodríguez Gómez, Guillermo 95ab8289-0777-45be-82f1-d93c127a48e1 600 Pérez Fernández, Estefanía 7681eb0b-09f0-462d-bbf2-c9fdc4e0b840 600 Fernández, Philippe 19f5dc91-b4fc-4303-85ea-016ab9a8d52b 600 Arsuaga, Juan Luis 3a3b7577-21c0-4226-b827-f4f93c2d487c 600 Díez Fernández-Lomana, Juan Carlos 595 600 0000-0002-3856-1837 Arceredillo, Diego 67864e6a-a795-4e17-9df5-e708b97b7da4 600 2026-01-07T12:02:40Z 2026-01-07T12:02:40Z 2022-12 0024-1164 https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11180 10.18261/let.55.4.3 1502-3931 The Southern chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) is a small-sized bovid that currently inhabits the Cantabrian Mountain Range, the Pyrenees, and the Central Apennine Mountains. This species was exploited as a resource by Palaeolithic human groups of the northern region of the Iberian Peninsula, standing out in the record of the Cave of Valdegoba. The fossil record of this site has provided plenty of evidence of Neanderthal activity. According to taphonomic analyses, Neanderthals had primary access to prey and chamois was the most consumed species. Analysis of Valdegoba’s Southern chamois allows consideration of: (1), the age structure and the dynamics of the population; (2) the palaeobiological characteristics of this population (e.g. mortality rate by age intervals, growth rate or body mass); (3) comparison of the population dynamics of Valdegoba’s chamois with that of present-day populations of different species (R. rupicapra, R. pyrenaica); and (4) exploitation of the chamois by Neanderthals. We focussed on methodological aspects of population structure and mortality profiles using life tables with vital statistics, Leslie-Lewis matrices and ternary diagrams starting from tooth eruption and wear, whereas mass estimates were obtained from the postcranial bones. Cohort structures from extant Southern, Alpine and New Zealand chamois populations were compared to Valdegoba’s chamois to better understand the paleoenvironmental context of this fossil species. In addition, we calculated the amount of meat available to the Neanderthals and the extent of their range and its population implications. Our results show that the age structure of Valdegoba chamois reflects a very similar structure and ecological features to present-day populations. Moreover, modelling the age structure of Valdegoba population shows that Neanderthals could have exploited the Southern chamois without leading to the collapse of the population. Based on the results of energetic inputs related to the percentage of chamois in Valdegoba, where we estimate that a Neanderthal group would have had to exploit at least an area of between 61 and 99 km2 to cover their energetic requirements. This research was funded by the Ministry of Economy andCompetitiveness (MINECO) of the Spanish Government (grantprojects CGL2016-78577-P, PGC2018-093925-B-C31, PGC2018-093925-B-C33 and PID2019-111185GB-I00 and Ref. PID2021-122355NB-C31). This work has also been supported by the MadridGovernment (Comunidad de Madrid-Spain) under the MultiannualAgreement with Universidad Complutense de Madrid in the lineResearch Incentive for Young PhDs, in the context of the V PRICIT(Regional Programme of Research and Technological Innovation)(Ref. PR27/21-004). G. Rodríguez-Gómez was supported by a ‘Juande la Cierva’ postdoctoral contract (Ref. FJCI-2016-28652) fromthe Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) of theSpanish Government and by an ‘Atracción de Talento’ postdoc-toral contract (Ref. 2019-T2 / HUM-13370) from the Communityof Madrid. application/pdf eng Scandinavian University Press Lethaia: An International Journal of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy. 2022, V. 55, n. 4, p. 1-25 https://doi.org/10.18261/let.55.4.3 Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Paleoecology Rupicapra pyrenaica Life tables Body mass Sustainability Neandertal Human ecology Arqueología Paleolítico Prehistoria Archaeology Paleolithic period Prehistoric peoples Palaeoecology of the Southern chamois from Valdegoba Cave (Burgos, Spain) and its exploitation by the Neanderthals info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Lethaia: An International Journal of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 55 4 1 25 THUMBNAIL Rodríguez-Lethaia_2022.pdf.jpg Rodríguez-Lethaia_2022.pdf.jpg IM Thumbnail image/jpeg 3152 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11180/4/Rodr%c3%adguez-Lethaia_2022.pdf.jpg a720e5dd6983ceac354d2cb650196abe MD5 4 LICENSE license.txt license.txt text/plain; charset=utf-8 1362 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11180/3/license.txt 5d013bfa6e473ff0db22cd82a4d71a70 MD5 3 CC-LICENSE license_rdf license_rdf application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8 908 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11180/2/license_rdf 0175ea4a2d4caec4bbcc37e300941108 MD5 2 ORIGINAL Rodríguez-Lethaia_2022.pdf Rodríguez-Lethaia_2022.pdf application/pdf 1175633 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11180/1/Rodr%c3%adguez-Lethaia_2022.pdf 1dbe28466e96193114cf62ed02049467 MD5 1 10259/11180 oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/11180 2026-01-08 02:05:42.185 Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos bubrep@ubu.es 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