Albert Protopopov
Russian Academy of Sciences
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PLOS ONE | 2014
José L. Guil-Guerrero; Alexei Tikhonov; Ignacio Rodríguez-García; Albert Protopopov; Semyon Grigoriev; Rebeca Pilar Ramos-Bueno
The elucidation of the sources of n-3 fatty acids available for the humans in the Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic is highly relevant in order to ascertain the availability of such nutrients in that time frame as well as to draw useful conclusions about healthy dietary habits for present-day humans. To this end, we have analysed fat from several frozen mammals found in the permafrost of Siberia (Russia). A total of 6 specimens were included in this study: 2 mammoths, i.e. baby female calf called “Lyuba” and a juvenile female called “Yuka”, both specimens approximately from the same time, i.e. Karginian Interstadial (41,000 and 34,000 years BP); two adult horses from the middle Holocene (4,600 and 4,400 years BP); and two bison very close to the Early Holocene (8,200 and 9,300 years BP). All samples were analysed by gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (GLC-MS) and GLC-flame ionization detector (GLC-FID). As demonstrated in this work, the fat of single-stomached mammals often consumed by Palaeolithic/Neolithic hunters contained suitable amounts of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids, possibly in quantities sufficient to meet the todays recommended daily intake for good health. Moreover, the results also suggest that mammoths and horses at that time were hibernators.
The Holocene | 2014
Barbara Gravendeel; Albert Protopopov; Ian D. Bull; Elza Duijm; Fiona L. Gill; Aline M. Nieman; Natalia Rudaya; Alexei Tikhonov; Svetlana Trofimova; Guido van Reenen; Rutger A. Vos; Snezhana Zhilich; Bas van Geel
The last meal of a horse that lived in the northern part of the Sakha Republic (Russia) c. 5400 years ago was studied using pollen, spores, botanical macroremains, lipid composition, and ancient DNA in order to reconstruct its components. Pollen of Poaceae was superabundant, but this may be because of over-representation as a consequence of grazed inflorescenses of grasses. We evaluate the paleo-environmental indicator value of the different methods applied. Botanical macrofossils and chemical data show what the animal had eaten. Pollen grains and the aDNA record also give information about taxa that occurred elsewhere in the landscape. The combined data point to an open landscape of a coastal tundra dominated by graminoids (Poaceae, Cyperaceae) with a limited amount of Birch and Alder.
Mammal Research | 2018
G. G. Boeskorov; Olga R. Potapova; Albert Protopopov; Valery V. Plotnikov; Eugeny N. Maschenko; Marina V. Shchelchkova; Ekaterina Petrova; Rafał Kowalczyk; Johannes van der Plicht; A.N. Tikhonov
The paper presents a description of a rare finding of the partial frozen corpse of the Yukagir horse. Discovered from thawing deposits in northern East Siberia (Yakutia, Russia), its age is confirmed to be Mid-Holocene (about 4600 BP). The mummy had a preserved head with the neck and the back of the torso with the legs and tail. The Yukagir horse was relatively short, with short ears and tail. Compared to the modern breeds, including the Yakutian domestic horse, wild Przewalski’s horse, and extinct Lena horse, Equus lenensis, the Yukagir horse was closest to the latter, which was also confirmed by studies of the hair microstructure. The pollen and plant remains from the horse’s intestines indicated a preference to grasses. The late geological age of the Yukagir horse is an indication that this species survived the Pleistocene–Holocene crisis and lived through the Mid-Holocene in northern Eastern Siberia.
Doklady Earth Sciences | 2016
G. G. Boeskorov; P. R. Nogovitsyn; E.N. Mashchenko; I. N. Belolyubsky; A.D. Stepanov; Valery V. Plotnikov; Albert Protopopov; M. V. Shchelchkova; J. van der Plicht; N. G. Solomonov
This paper considers the data on new findings of mammoth fauna remains in the Middle Lena basin used to specify the species composition of large Late Neopleistocene mammals represented by eleven species. The obtained range of radiocarbon dates made it possible to state that mass burials of Pleistocene mammal remains were formed in the region during the Karginsk Interstadial (24 000–55 000 years ago).
Journal of Quaternary Science | 2014
Bas van Geel; Albert Protopopov; Ian D. Bull; Elza Duijm; Fiona L. Gill; Youri Lammers; Aline M. Nieman; Natalia Rudaya; Svetlana Trofimova; Alexei Tikhonov; Rutger A. Vos; Snezhana Zhilich; Barbara Gravendeel
Quaternary International | 2016
Anastasia S. Kharlamova; Sergey V. Saveliev; Anastasia Kurtova; Valery Chernikov; Albert Protopopov; Genady Boeskorov; Valery V. Plotnikov; Vadim Ushakov; Evgeny N. Maschenko
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 2015
Natalia Rudaya; Albert Protopopov; Svetlana Trofimova; Valery V. Plotnikov; Snezhana Zhilich
Boreas | 2017
Bas van Geel; Albert Protopopov; Victoria Protopopova; Innokenti Pavlov; Johannes van der Plicht; Guido van Reenen
Quaternary International | 2016
G. G. Boeskorov; Olga R. Potapova; Albert Protopopov; Valery V. Plotnikov; Larry D. Agenbroad; Konstantin S. Kirikov; Innokenty S. Pavlov; Marina V. Shchelchkova; Innocenty N. Belolyubskii; Mikhail D. Tomshin; Rafał Kowalczyk; Sergey P. Davydov; Stanislav D. Kolesov; A.N. Tikhonov; Johannes van der Plicht
Quaternary International | 2016
Valery V. Plotnikov; Albert Protopopov; S.D. Kolesov; A.I. Klimovskiy