There is increasing evidence that Neanderthals had a diverse and flexible diet. They
exploited a wide range of resources from large proboscideans to small animals like turtles …

Neandertals were top predators who basically relied on middle-to large-sized ungulates for
dietary purposes, but there is growing evidence that supports their consumption of plants …

Traditional views of Neanderthal hunting strategies envisage them preying on herd species
such as bison and deer, rather than the sophisticated tracking of solitary animals. Analysis of …

The recurrent presence at Middle Palaeolithic sites of megafaunal remains, such as
mammoth, elephant and rhinoceros, together with isotope analyses signalling meat as a …

High dependence on the hunting and consumption of large mammals by some hominins
may have limited their survival once their preferred quarry became scarce or disappeared …

The Late Pleistocene environments of Eastern Europe—especially the cool and dry
environments of the East European Plain—offer a unique setting for comparison of …

Fossil hominid morphology, archaeology, and genetics indicate that in Europe 30,000–
40,000 years ago, anatomically modern humans and their Upper Paleolithic industries …

The Middle Palaeolithic site Salzgitter Lebenstedt (northern Germany), excavated in 1952, is
well known because of its well-preserved faunal remains, dominated by adult reindeer …

This paper is a review of the state of our knowledge and ignorance on Early, Middle, and
Late Pleistocene subsistence behavior in Western Europe. There are undoubtedly …

The understanding of Neanderthal societies, both with regard to their funerary behaviors
and their subsistence activities, is hotly debated. Old excavations and a lack of taphonomic …