Funerary taphonomy has come of age as an important field in osteoarchaeology. Its goal is
to reconstruct funerary practices by using taphonomic evidence, including both evidence …

The aim of the atlas is to provide images of taphonomic modifications, making it as
comprehensive as possible with evidence presently available. This volume is intended both …

For much of their history, fossil apes retained many monkey-like features in posture and
body structure. They also occupied a range of habitats, of which tropical forest was only a …

Two coastal sites in Gibraltar, Vanguard and Gorham's Caves, located at Governor's Beach
on the eastern side of the Rock, are especially relevant to the study of Neanderthals …

The use of tooth mark sizes to infer carnivore types when analyzing the modification of
faunal assemblages has been criticized on the base of intense overlap in tooth mark size …

Almost 150 years after the first identification of Neandertal skeletal material, the cognitive
and symbolic abilities of these populations remain a subject of intense debate. We present …

Three geographically dispersed Middle and Later Stone Age cave sites in South Africa, and
a Middle Stone Age cave site in Ethiopia, share a similar taphonomic signature that includes …

Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), brown bear (Ursus arctos), and Neanderthals were potential
competitors for environmental resources (shelters and food) in Europe. In order to reinforce …

Zooarcheological research is an important tool in reconstructing subsistence, as well as for
inferring relevant aspects regarding social behavior in the past. The organization of hunting …

Investigating diet breadth is critical for understanding how archaic Homo populations,
including Neanderthals, competed for seasonally scarce resources. The current consensus …