Neanderthal behavior is often described in one of two contradictory ways: 1) Neanderthals
were behaviorally inflexible and specialized in large game hunting or 2) Neanderthals …

Over the past two decades, taphonomic and zooarchaeological studies have focused on
Neanderthal settlement patterns and subsistence strategies. The south-eastern margins of …

This study of Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from the Rhone Valley, in the South-East of
France, increases our understanding of Neanderthal subsistence strategies and modes of …

Diversity in the used bone found in the European Middle Paleolithic is very low, but bone
retouchers are the most abundant and the most common. This paper focuses on the detailed …

The exact strategies and technologies underlying Neanderthal hunting events remain open
for debate with lithic points being sparse across the European Middle Palaeolithic. An …

Long bone breakage for bone marrow recovery is a commonly observed practice in Middle
Palaeolithic contexts, regardless of the climatic conditions. While lithic technology is largely …

The emergence of the Middle Palaeolithic, and its variability over time and space are key
questions in the field of prehistoric archaeology. Many sites have been documented in the …

Abstract The classic Mousterian Debate of the 1970s has recently been revived, as
researchers propose cultural, functional, and chronological interpretations for the …

New investigations of finds from middle Rhone Valley sites (Le Figuier, Abri du Maras,
Baume Flandin and Ranc Pointu 2) and from the mountainous southeastern area of the …

This paper provides a background to Neanderthal presence in Western Mediterranean
Europe. Habitual tool-use underpinned human survival in late Early Pleistocene western …