Impossible Neanderthals? Making string, throwing projectiles and catching small game during Marine Isotope Stage 4 (Abri du Maras, France)

BL Hardy, MH Moncel, C Daujeard, P Fernandes… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Neanderthal behavior is often described in one of two contradictory ways: 1) Neanderthals
were behaviorally inflexible and specialized in large game hunting or 2) Neanderthals …

To meat or not to meat? New perspectives on N eanderthal ecology

L Fiorenza, S Benazzi, AG Henry… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Neanderthals have been commonly depicted as top predators who met their nutritional
needs by focusing entirely on meat. This information mostly derives from faunal assemblage …

Neanderthal coexistence with Homo sapiens in Europe was affected by herbivore carrying capacity

M Vidal-Cordasco, G Terlato, D Ocio… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
It has been proposed that climate change and the arrival of modern humans in Europe
affected the disappearance of Neanderthals due to their impact on trophic resources; …

Neanderthal diets in central and southeastern Mediterranean Iberia

DC Salazar-García, RC Power, AS Serra… - Quaternary …, 2013 - Elsevier
During recent decades, Neanderthal diet has been a major research topic in
palaeoanthropology. This has been accelerated by the maturation of different techniques …

[CARTE][B] Hunting wildlife in the tropics and subtropics

JE Fa, SM Funk, R Nasi - 2022 - books.google.com
The hunting of wild animals for their meat has been a crucial activity in the evolution of
humans. It continues to be an essential source of food and a generator of income for millions …

An emerging consensus in palaeoanthropology: demography was the main factor responsible for the disappearance of Neanderthals

K Vaesen, GL Dusseldorp, MJ Brandt - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The causes of Neanderthal disappearance about 40,000 years ago remain highly contested.
Over a dozen serious hypotheses are currently endorsed to explain this enigmatic event …

Cultural and biological transformations in the Middle Pleistocene Levant: a view from Qesem Cave, Israel

R Barkai, A Gopher - Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern …, 2013 - Springer
In this paper we present our interpretation about the circumstances leading towards an
evolutionary replacement of the earliest populations of the Levant, most probably Homo …

On the ecological context of the earliest human settlements in Europe: resource availability and competition intensity in the carnivore guild of Barranco León-D and …

G Rodríguez-Gómez, P Palmqvist, J Rodríguez… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
With an age of∼ 1.4 Ma, the Early Pleistocene archaeopaleontological sites of Barranco
León and Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Baza Basin, SE Spain) provide the oldest evidence on …

Lynxes and foxes among hyenas, bears and humans. Unit 3 of the Cova del coll Verdaguer Upper Pleistocene site (Barcelona, Iberian Peninsula)

MJ Gabucio, M Sanz, J Daura - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Zooarchaeological and palaeontological assemblages, especially those located in karst
cavities, are usually the product of the activity of several taphonomic biological agents. This …

European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

M Delibes-Mateos, HG Rödel, C Rouco… - Primates and …, 2023 - Springer
This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of the mammalian biology,
including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology …