To meat or not to meat? New perspectives on N eanderthal ecology

L Fiorenza, S Benazzi, AG Henry… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Neanderthals have been commonly depicted as top predators who met their nutritional
needs by focusing entirely on meat. This information mostly derives from faunal assemblage …

Are there marrow cavities in Pleistocene elephant limb bones, and was marrow available to early humans? New CT scan results from the site of Castel di Guido (Italy)

G Boschian, D Caramella, D Saccà, R Barkai - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
CT-scan analyses were carried out on limb bones of straight-tusked elephants
(Palaeoloxodon antiquus) from the Middle Pleistocene site of Castel di Guido (Italy), where …

Earliest known hominin activity in the Philippines by 709 thousand years ago

T Ingicco, GD van den Bergh, C Jago-On, JJ Bahain… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Over 60 years ago, stone tools and remains of megafauna were discovered on the
Southeast Asian islands of Flores, Sulawesi and Luzon, and a Middle Pleistocene …

Homo vs. Pachycrocuta: earliest evidence of competition for an elephant carcass between scavengers at Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Spain)

MP Espigares, B Martínez-Navarro, P Palmqvist… - Quaternary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Homo and Pachycrocuta were the two major agents responsible for modifying and
accumulating bones during early Pleistocene times in Europe. However, although an …

[PDF][PDF] The acheulian of western Europe

M Santonja, P Villa - Axe age: Acheulian toolmaking from quarry …, 2006 - researchgate.net
In the current state of knowledge, the European distribution of Acheulian industries that
include handaxes and cleavers appears to be centered in southwestern Europe; their …

The mammalian fauna associated with an archaic hominin skullcap and later Acheulean artifacts at Elandsfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa

RG Klein, G Avery, K Cruz-Uribe, TE Steele - Journal of human evolution, 2007 - Elsevier
The Elandsfontein site, Western Cape Province, South Africa, is well known for an archaic
hominin skullcap associated with later Acheulean artifacts. The site has also provided nearly …

Cut marks on the Middle Pleistocene elephant carcass of Áridos 2 (Madrid, Spain)

J Yravedra, M Domínguez-Rodrigo, M Santonja… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Áridos 1 and Áridos 2 (Madrid, Spain) are two Middle Pleistocene sites belonging to the
isotopic stages 9–11. Both places contain partial carcasses of Elephas (Paleoxodon) …

Hunting weapons of the middle stone age and the middle palaeolithic: Spear points from sibudu, rose cottage and bouheben

P Villa, M Lenoir - Southern African Humanities, 2006 - journals.co.za
This paper compares Middle Stone Age points from two South African sites, Sibudu and
Rose Cottage, with points from Bouheben, a Middle Palaeolithic/Final Acheulian site in SW …

The emergence of Neanderthal technical behavior: new evidence from Orgnac 3 (Level 1, MIS 8), southeastern France

MH Moncel, AM Moigne, Y Sam… - Current …, 2011 - journals.uchicago.edu
The archaeological sequence from the Orgnac 3 site presents the opportunity to observe
behavioral aspects characterizing the beginnings of the main Neanderthal technological …

Ongoing research at the late Middle Pleistocene site of La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (central Italy), with emphasis on human–elephant relationships

AP AnzideI, GM Bulgarelli, P Catalano, E Cerilli… - Quaternary …, 2012 - Elsevier
The site of La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (Latium, Italy) is related to deposits of the PG6
Sequence (Middle Pleistocene, Aurelia Formation, MIS 10 and 9). The sediments are mainly …