Neotaphonomic measures of carnivore serial predation at Ngamo Pan as an analog for interpreting open-air faunal assemblages

► The recent bones from Ngamo Pan were accumulated through carnivore serial predation. ► Ngamo Pan shows similarities to the late Pleistocene Kalkbank faunal assemblage. ► Species composition, mortality profiles, and bone breakage are similar. ► Skeletal element frequencies are different due to prolonged burial at Kalkbank. ► Other MSA sites from the southern African interior may reflect carnivore predation.