From teeth to seasons: Integrated analysis on ungulate game applied to two late Neanderthals' contexts in the Italian Alps

A Livraghi, F Rivals, D Marcazzan… - Quaternary Science …, 2025 - Elsevier
Human-environment interactions and spatio-temporal organization of the activities are of
prime importance to decipher Paleolithic way of life. To address this topic, ungulates teeth …

On the Quina side: A Neanderthal bone industry at Chez-Pinaud site, France

M Baumann, H Plisson, S Maury, S Renou… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Did Neanderthal produce a bone industry? The recent discovery of a large bone tool
assemblage at the Neanderthal site of Chagyrskaya (Altai, Siberia, Russia) and the …

[HTML][HTML] The different adaptive trajectories in Neanderthals and Homo sapiens and their implications for contemporary human physiological variation

E Pomeroy - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Neanderthals are our one of our closest evolutionary cousins, but while they evolved in
Eurasia, we (anatomically modern humans, AMH) originated in Africa. This contrasting …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-isotope zooarchaeological investigations at Abri du Maras: The paleoecological and paleoenvironmental context of Neanderthal subsistence strategies …

K Britton, EL Jimenez, M Le Corre, S Pederzani… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
The exploitation of mid-and large-sized herbivores (ungulates) was central to hominin
subsistence across Late Pleistocene Europe. Reconstructing the paleoecology of prey-taxa …

Multi-isotope analysis of bone collagen of Late Pleistocene ungulates reveals niche partitioning and behavioural plasticity of reindeer during MIS 3

K Britton, EL Jimenez, M Le Corre, S Renou… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Here we present stable carbon, nitrogen and sulfur isotope ratios of collagen extracted from
Rangifer, Equus and Bison bone (n= 128) from different stratigraphic levels at the …

Spatial patterning of Middle Palaeolithic lithic assemblages at the Abri du Maras, Southeast France: Combining GIS analysis and 3D palaeotopographic …

P Guillemot, S Jaillet, MG Chacón, V Pois… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The intra-site spatial analysis of prehistoric assemblages is a topical way of assessing the
use of space by ancient hominins. Such approaches can bring to light how prehistoric …

[HTML][HTML] Neanderthal hunting grounds: The case of Teixoneres Cave (Spain) and Pié Lombard rockshelter (France)

A Uzunidis, R Blasco, JP Brugal, T Fourcade… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The study of Neanderthal-Environment interactions very often lacks precise data
that match the chrono-geographical frame of human activities. Here, we reconstruct …

The role of individual decision-making in the manufacturing of bone retouchers

EF Martellotta, VG Zinnarello, M Peresani - … and Anthropological Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Bone retouchers, while often underrated, stand out as widespread tools throughout the
Palaeolithic, typically linked to breaking bones for marrow extraction. Although bone …

Taphonomic and technological analyses of Lower Palaeolithic bone tools from Clacton-on-Sea, UK

SA Parfitt, MD Lewis, SM Bello - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The exceptional survival of Middle Pleistocene wooden spears at Schöningen (Germany)
and Clacton-on-Sea (UK) provides tantalizing evidence for the widespread use of organic …

[HTML][HTML] Taphonomy of the fauna and chert assemblages from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Vajo Salsone, Eastern Italian Alps

UT Hohenstein, L Caffarelli, G Arnetta, F Rivals… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
A bstract The Vajo Salsone site is located at an altitude of 376m asl on the right slope of the
Valpantena valley, in the Veneto Pre-Alps, north of the town of Verona. The site was …