Abstract The Middle Palaeolithic site of Payre in southeastern France yields abundant
archaeological material associated with fossil hominid remains. With its long sequence of …

The site of Payre (SE France) is presented as a case study to decipher possible changes in
subsistence and land-use strategies during the middle Pleistocene in Europe. This study …

The exploitation of mid-and large-sized herbivores (ungulates) was central to hominin
subsistence across Late Pleistocene Europe. Reconstructing the paleoecology of prey-taxa …

Correlating cultural, technological and ecological aspects of both Upper Pleistocene modern
humans (UPMHs) and Neandertals provides a useful approach for achieving robust …

Abstract The late Middle Pleistocene archaeological site of Casal de'Pazzi (MIS 7,∼ 240–
200 ka) in central Italy provided a complex of paleontological (both fauna and flora) and …

Stable isotope analysis is increasingly used to gain insight in the configuration of
Pleistocene ecosystems. The application of isotope analysis to Neanderthal and cave hyena …

The expansion of Neolithic stable isotope studies in France now allows distinct regional
population-scale food patterns to be linked to both local environment influences and specific …

Abstract The Middle Neolithic of the Northwestern Mediterranean area (∼ 4500–3500 BC
cal) is characterized by the development of food production techniques as well as by …

Diachronic changes of dietary human habits between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age are
mainly identified through archaeological artefacts and archaeozoological and …

Abstract The Late Pleistocene site “Troisième caverne” of Goyet (Belgium) has yielded the
broadest set of Neandertal remains in North-Western Europe and is associated with a rich …