Vegan diets are widely promoted as protective against cardiovascular disease (CVD);
however, removing all animal foods from a human's diet usually causes unfavorable health …

Here, we present a thorough taphonomic analysis of the 1.84 million-year-old site of Phillip
Tobias Korongo (PTK), Bed I, Olduvai Gorge. PTK is one of the new archaeological sites …

The appearance of Homo erectus shortly after 2.0 Ma is widely considered a turning point in
human dietary evolution, with increased consumption of animal tissues driving the evolution …

Ethnographic records show that wooden tools played a pivotal role in the daily lives of
hunter-gatherers including food procurement tools used in hunting (eg, spears, throwing …

Taphonomic works aim at discovering how paleontological and archaeofaunal assemblages
were formed. They also aim at determining how hominin fossils were preserved or …

Apex predators play an important role in the top-down regulation of ecological communities.
Their hunting and feeding behaviors influence, respectively, prey demography and the …

Simple Summary Here we present a novel open-access 3D software called Ikhnos to
register and analyze bone surface modifications in bone assemblages using a sample of …

This study investigates the community structure, dynamics and evolution of the guilds of
large carnivorans during the Pleistocene of Europe. Emphasis is given to important …

This paper presents a list of> 100 publicly known late Quaternary proboscidean sites that
have certain or possible traces of hominin utilization in Africa, Europe, and Asia, along with a …

Human carnivory is atypical among primates. Unlike chimpanzees and bonobos, who are
known to hunt smaller monkeys and eat them immediately, human foragers often cooperate …