Archaeological discoveries of teeth provide remarkable information on humans, animals and
the health, hygiene and diet of ancient communities. In this fully revised and updated 2005 …

Mobility strategies of Neanderthal groups are studied through the characterization and
analysis of archaeological sites and traditionally compared to the types of settlements …

Equus is a genus that have generated a lot of debate among the scientific community. Its
complex taxonomy led to the set-up of many forms that are questioned nowadays. In Upper …

Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology and Ecology synthesizes the current
knowledge about our sister species the Neandertals, combining data from a variety of …

Abstract Recent excavations at Ranis (Germany) identified an early dispersal of Homo
sapiens into the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago. Here we integrate results …

The Native American on a horse is an archetypal Hollywood image, but though such
equestrian-focused societies were a relatively short-lived consequence of European …

This study of Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from the Rhone Valley, in the South-East of
France, increases our understanding of Neanderthal subsistence strategies and modes of …

Mortality profiles have figured prominently among tools used by zooarchaeologists to
investigate relationships between hominids and prey species. Their analysis and …

Changing climates in the past affected both human and faunal population distributions,
thereby structuring human diets, demography, and cultural evolution. Yet, separating the …

This paper is a review of the state of our knowledge and ignorance on Early, Middle, and
Late Pleistocene subsistence behavior in Western Europe. There are undoubtedly …