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: Received: 18 November 2020 / Approved: 19 November 2020 / Online: 19 November 2020 (11:06:21 CET)
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Wibowo, A. Steps of The Asian Giants: Modeling the Body Size Related Foraging Ecology of Meganthropus palaeojavanicus, a 8 Feet Hominid in Central Java. Preprints2020, 2020110504. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0504.v1
Wibowo, A. Steps of The Asian Giants: Modeling the Body Size Related Foraging Ecology of Meganthropus palaeojavanicus, a 8 Feet Hominid in Central Java. Preprints 2020, 2020110504. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0504.v1
Wibowo, A. Steps of The Asian Giants: Modeling the Body Size Related Foraging Ecology of Meganthropus palaeojavanicus, a 8 Feet Hominid in Central Java. Preprints2020, 2020110504. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0504.v1
APA Style
Wibowo, A. (2020). Steps of The Asian Giants: Modeling the Body Size Related Foraging Ecology of <em>Meganthropus palaeojavanicus</em>, a 8 Feet Hominid in Central Java. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0504.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Wibowo, A. 2020 "Steps of The Asian Giants: Modeling the Body Size Related Foraging Ecology of <em>Meganthropus palaeojavanicus</em>, a 8 Feet Hominid in Central Java" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0504.v1
Abstract
Meganthropus palaeojavanicus was known very tall with body height of 8 feet and this made M. palaeojavanicus as the tallest hominid ever existed. This species was living in closed tropical woodland and hilly landscape as the fossil remains were found in a remote forest in Sangiran, central Java. Owing large body size, it may influence the foraging ecology of M. palaeojavanicus to cope with the terrain. In here, this study aimed to model the M. palaeojavanicus foraging ecology along terrain gradients. The model indicates that within 5 km home range radius, the most suitable foraging areas were in north east since these areas have more flat landscapes with slopes of <7.5%. While less suitable areas in north west and south west areas were characterized by hilly landscapes with rugged terrain and steep slopes with slopes of >62.8%.
Keywords
body size; foraging; hominid; slope; terrain
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
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