In 1950, there were few, if any, zooarchaeologists. Today the number of zooarchaeologists
in North America is growing toward equal proportions with those specializing in the more …

Genetic and fragmented palaeoanthropological data suggest that Denisovans were once
widely distributed across eastern Eurasia,–. Despite limited archaeological evidence, this …

Abstract Evaluation of zooarchaeology's quantitative units known as NISP (number of
identified specimens) and MNI (minimum number of individuals) during the last three …

Non-human primates are among the most vulnerable tropical animals to extinction and~
50% of primate species are endangered. Human hunting is considered a major cause of …

Collagen type I fingerprinting (ZooMS) has recently been used to provide either
palaeoenvironmental data or to identify additional hominin specimens in Pleistocene …

Domestication of wild cattle, sheep, and pigs began a process of body size diminution. In
most of Western Europe this process continued across prehistory and was not reversed until …

Understanding Palaeolithic hominin subsistence strategies requires the comprehensive
taxonomic identification of faunal remains. The high fragmentation of Late Pleistocene …

Bone grease processing is frequently used in archaeology to investigate human diet breadth
because it constitutes a costly mode of lipid procurement. However, problems of equifinality …

The behavioral dynamics underlying the expansion of Homo sapiens into Europe remains a
crucial topic in human evolution. Owing to poor bone preservation, past studies have …

Abstract The Howieson's Poort (HP;∼ 65–59 ka) continues to be a source of interest to
scholars studying human behavioral evolution during the Late Pleistocene. This is in large …