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Ecological consequences of human niche construction: Examining long-term anthropogenic shaping of global species distributions

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Boivin, Nicole L., Zeder, Melinda A., Fuller, Dorian Q., Crowther, Alison, Larson, Greger, Erlandson, Jon M., Denham, Tim, Petraglia, Michael D.·2016·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1525200113PMC PMC4988612
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The exhibition of increasingly intensive and complex niche construction behaviors through time is a key feature of human evolution, culminating in the advanced capacity for ecosystem engineering exhibited by Homo sapiens . A crucial outcome of such behaviors has been the dramatic reshaping of the global biosphere, a transformation whose early origins are increasingly apparent from cumulative archaeological and paleoecological datasets. Such data suggest that, by the Late Pleistocene, humans had begun to engage in activities that have led to alterations in the distributions of a vast array of species across most, if not all, taxonomic groups. Changes to biodiversity have included extinctions, extirpations, and shifts in species composition, diversity, and community structure. We outline key examples of these changes, highlighting findings from the study of new datasets, like ancient DNA (aDNA), stable isotopes, and microfossils, as well as the application of new statistical and computational methods to datasets that have accumulated significantly in recent decades. We focus on four major phases that witnessed broad anthropogenic alterations to biodiversity—the Late Pleistocene global human expansion, the Neolithic spread of agriculture, the era of island colonization, and the emergence of early urbanized societies and commercial networks. Archaeological evidence documents millennia of anthropogenic transformations that have created novel ecosystems around the world. This record has implications for ecological and evolutionary research, conservation strategies, and the maintenance of ecosystem services, pointing to a significant need for broader cross-disciplinary engagement between archaeology and the biological and environmental sciences.

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  • Studies of natural populations have shown that NC often affects selection pressures by helping species protect themselves from environmental uncertainty and accelerates evolution by complexifying environments.

    “Since then, studies of natural populations have shown that NC often affects selection pressures by helping species protect themselves from environmental uncertainty and accelerates evolution by complexifying environments (Odling-Smee et al., 2003;Schwilk, 2003;Boivin et al., 2016).”

    From Dynamics of niche construction in adaptable populations evolving in diverse environments (2023) · cites this paper as Boivin et al., 2016

    In “Broad Patterns of Ancient Anthropogenic Change” (page unavailable), the paper says human niche construction has created novel selection pressures and influenced the evolution of other species. It does not say that natural populations protect themselves from environmental uncertainty through niche construction, or that increasingly complex environments accelerate evolution. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • NC comes at a cost: increasing capacity may invite other species and increase competition; decreasing capacity may make it uninhabitable; changing environmental state requires adaptability; multiple agents coinhabiting a niche can create high environmental uncertainty that can lead to mass extinctions if adaptability cannot increase enough.

    “But NC also comes at a cost: a) increasing the capacity of a niche may invite other species in and increase competition b) decreasing its capacity may make it uninhabitable c) changing the environmental state will require adaptability, which comes at its own cost”

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Boivin, N. L., Zeder, M. A., Fuller, D. Q., Crowther, A., Larson, G., Erlandson, J. M., Denham, T., & Petraglia, M. D.
Affiliations
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Smithsonian Institution (US)
  • University College London (GB)
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
  • University of Oregon (US)
  • Australian National University (AU)
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Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences
Published
2016-06-06
Volume
113
Issue
23
Pages
6388-6396
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1525200113
PMC
PMC4988612
OpenAlex
W2409668806
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Funders
EC | European Research Council (206148-SEALINKS, 323842-COMPAG, 337574-UNDEAD, 295719-PALAEODESERTS)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Keywords
Neolithic agriculture, island colonization, early urbanization, novel ecosystems, biodiversity change, species extinction, ancient DNA, stable isotopes, microfossils, paleoecology, human evolution, ecosystem engineering, conservation
MeSH terms
Agriculture, Animals, Demography, Humans, Human Activities, Urbanization, Ecosystem, Islands

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