The extent to which vertebrate carnivores shift facultatively between predation and
scavenging has recently been emphasized. Potentially, all carnivores have to do is wait until …

Clovis fluted points are deemed efficient weapon tips for hunting large game, including
Pleistocene proboscideans. However, experimental and archaeological studies cast doubt …

Cutmarks made by stone tools, conchoidal flake scars from hammerstone percussion,
carnivore tooth marks, striations from sedimentary abrasion, and other surface modifications …

A major aim of paleoanthropology is to learn what ancient behaviors were related to the
acquisition, processing, and consumption of meat and when these behaviors arose. For this …

Large cats, canids, bears, and hyenas create distinctive types of damage when they gnaw
bones. This paper describes the diagnostic characteristics of damage done by each taxon to …

Frozen mammals of the Ice Age, preserved for millennia in the tundra, have been a source of
fascination and mystery since their first discovery over two centuries ago. These mummies …

This study was conducted to collect data on specific volatile fatty acids (produced from soft
tissue decomposition) and various anions and cations (liberated from soft tissue and bone) …

A simulation model, recent experiments, and the literature provide consistent evidence that
megafauna extinctions caused by human hunting could have played as great a role as …

Mortality patterns in archaeofaunas can be informative of prehistoric human foraging habits,
land use, and, ultimately, evolutionary changes in hominid sociality and ecological niche …

The frequency and morphology of notches produced on bovid long bones by carnivore
gnawing (tooth notches) and hammerstone-on-anvil breakage (percussion notches) are …