[HTML][HTML] Living to fight another day: the ecological and evolutionary significance of Neanderthal healthcare

P Spikins, A Needham, B Wright, C Dytham… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Evidence of care for the ill and injured amongst Neanderthals, inferred through skeletal
evidence for survival from severe illness and injury, is widely accepted. However, healthcare …

Hunting and processing of straight-tusked elephants 125.000 years ago: Implications for Neanderthal behavior

S Gaudzinski-Windheuser, L Kindler, K MacDonald… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) were the largest terrestrial mammals of
the Pleistocene, present in Eurasian landscapes between 800,000 and 100,000 years ago …

Causal cognition and theory of mind in evolutionary cognitive archaeology

M Lombard, P Gärdenfors - Biological Theory, 2023 - Springer
It is widely thought that causal cognition underpins technical reasoning. Here we suggest
that understanding causal cognition as a thinking system that includes theory of mind (ie …

Landscape modification by last interglacial Neanderthals

W Roebroeks, K MacDonald, F Scherjon, C Bakels… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Little is known about the antiquity, nature, and scale of Pleistocene hunter-gatherer impact
on their ecosystems, despite the importance for studies of conservation and human …

First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion pelt by Neanderthals

G Russo, A Milks, D Leder, T Koddenberg… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract During the Upper Paleolithic, lions become an important theme in Paleolithic art
and are more frequent in anthropogenic faunal assemblages. However, the relationship …

[HTML][HTML] A double-pointed wooden throwing stick from Schöningen, Germany: Results and new insights from a multianalytical study

A Milks, J Lehmann, D Leder, M Sietz, T Koddenberg… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The site of Schöningen (Germany), dated to ca. 300,000 years ago, yielded the earliest large-
scale record of humanly-made wooden tools. These include wooden spears and shorter …

[HTML][HTML] Being-with other predators: Cultural negotiations of Neanderthal-carnivore relationships in Late Pleistocene Europe

ST Hussain, M Weiss, TK Nielsen - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2022 - Elsevier
Late Pleistocene hominins co-evolved with non-analogue assemblages of carnivores and
carnivorous omnivores. Although previous work has carefully examined the ecological and …

Tracking hunter-gatherer impact on vegetation in last interglacial and Holocene Europe: Proxies and challenges

A Nikulina, K MacDonald, F Scherjon… - … method and theory, 2022 - Springer
We review palaeoenvironmental proxies and combinations of these relevant for
understanding hunter-gatherer niche construction activities in pre-agricultural Europe. Our …

Rethinking use-wear analysis and experimentation as applied to the study of past hominin tool use

J Marreiros, I Calandra, W Gneisinger, E Paixão… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2020 - Springer
In prehistoric human populations, technologies played a fundamental role in the acquisition
of different resources and are represented in the main daily living activities, such as with …

External ballistics of Pleistocene hand-thrown spears: experimental performance data and implications for human evolution

A Milks, D Parker, M Pope - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The appearance of weaponry-technology designed to kill-is a critical but poorly established
threshold in human evolution. It is an important behavioural marker representing …