One of the unanswered questions in Palaeolithic studies is how Neanderthals adapted their
subsistence strategies by changing their diet at such a late stage of their existence …

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; …

Abstract The Mousterian of the Grotta Grande (Southern Italy) is here subject to new dating,
which provide a surprisingly high-resolution on the stratigraphic sequence. Overall, the …

Observation of high-resolution terrestrial palaeoecological series can decipher relationships
between past climatic transitions, their effects on ecosystems and wildfire cyclicity. Here we …

One of Binford's most influential contributions was his development of utility indices—
rankings of ungulate body parts according to their meat, marrow, and grease value. Binford's …

Herbivore teeth are a valuable source of information for inferring the hunting season of past
hunter-gatherers, the spatial–temporal organization of their activities, their socio-economic …

Evidence acquired in the past years highlighted the high complexity of Neanderthal
subsistence strategies in terms of the spectrum of exploited species (mammals, birds …

In the Palearctic region interactions between hominins and ursids date as far back as the
Lower Paleolithic. Archeological evidence from open-air settings and cave environments …

The present research aims to determine the age at which red deer (Cervus elaphus)
specimens died by examining their upper dentition. We analyzed eighty free-ranging …

Abstract The study of Neanderthal-Environment interactions very often lacks precise data
that match the chrono-geographical frame of human activities. Here, we reconstruct …