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 …

The prevalence of large game found in association with Middle Paleolithic tools has
traditionally biased our ideas of Neanderthal subsistence practices. Studies document the …

Neanderthals are most often portrayed as big game hunters who derived the vast majority of
their diet from large terrestrial herbivores while birds, fish and plants are seen as relatively …

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 …

Aim In this paper, we investigate the role of climate and topography in shaping the
distribution of Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) at different spatial scales. To this end …

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 …

This study represents the first integrated approach to the lithic raw materials exploited by the
Neanderthals that occupied the Abric Romaní site (NE Iberia). Focusing on chert as the most …

Only a few years ago, Neanderthals were considered as unable to exploit fast-moving small
prey. Several recent studies have reconsidered this matter and shown that in some setting …

Present in Eurasia since 350 ka BP, Neanderthals show several adaptive strategies to long-
term climate change. Their disappearance from the archaeological and fossil record around …

There appears to be little doubt as to the existence of an intentional technological resolve to
produce convergent tools during the Middle Palaeolithic. However, the use of these pieces …