Re: What would Hitchcock have thought...?

[Patrick Norton <ptnorton@suscom-maine.net>]

> On a related note, I seem to recall reading a paper several years ago in 
> which the skulls of hominoid infants were found (with talon punctures) 
> amongst the remains of monkeys, hares, etc. thought to have accumulated 
> via eagle feeding (ie. below a nest).  Anyone happen to remember which 
> paper I'm thinking of?>

Steyn (1983) reported a human cranium in a crowned hawk-eagle nest.  As far 
as I know, Berger and Clarke (1995) first associated the remains of the type 
infant skull of _Australopithecus africanus_ with predation by eagles. 
Sanders, Trapani and Mitani (2003) report that their work is consistent with 
this conclusion, and also report the presence of 8 taxa of primates among 
the prey assembleges of crowned hawk-eagles in Uganda. Prey included the 
hominoid _Pan troglodytes_.

PTN


> Thanks,
>
> --Mike Habib