Hunting behavior and Neanderthal adaptability in the Late Pleistocene site of Pech-de-l'Azé I

Rendu, William

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2010.01.037

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“…During the deposit of the different layers of Pech-de-l'Azé I, a large number of taxa were exploited. While the red deer and bison carcasses were introduced partially processed onto the site, they seem to correspond to isolated preys (Rendu, 2010). They were butchered and totally consumed on site, as shown by the large quantity of burnt elements in layer 4 and the high frequency of human modifications observed on the faunal material (Rendu, 2010).…”

Section: Mousterian Of Acheulian Tradition (Mta) Shaping Systemmentioning

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Shifts in Neandertal mobility, technology and subsistence strategies in western France

Delagnes

Rendu

2011

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Section: Mousterian Of Acheulian Tradition (Mta) Shaping Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shifts in Neandertal mobility, technology and subsistence strategies in western France

Delagnes

Rendu

2011

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…Very few scholars would argue now, as was routine in the early 1980s and 1990s, that contrary to Upper Palaeolithic Cro-Magnons, Neanderthal subsistence strategies were based on scavenging large mammal carcasses, constrained to favourable biotopes, that these populations had limited planning capacities, and were only able to develop expedient technologies involving a low degree of conceptualization. Now we know from prey hunted that Neanderthals were effective, flexible hunters, at a number of sites they were able to live in cold inhospitable environments, and at times they also exploited a broad range of terrestrial and marine resources [32][33][34][35]. Ongoing research on the technological variability of the Mousterian in Europe identifies variations in time and space in lithic technology and tool types interpreted as discrete cultural adaptations, comparable to those observed in contemporary African populations.…”

Section: Archaeological Evidence For the Origin Of Modern Cultures (Amentioning

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Evolution, Revolution or Saltation Scenario for the Emergence of Modern Cultures?

d’Errico¹,

Stringer²

2011

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Crucial questions in the debate on the origin of quintessential human behaviours are whether modern cognition and associated innovations are unique to our species and whether they emerged abruptly, gradually or as the result of a discontinuous process. Three scenarios have been proposed to account for the origin of cultural modernity. The first argues that modern cognition is unique to our species and the consequence of a genetic mutation that took place approximately 50 ka in Africa among already evolved anatomically modern humans. The second posits that cultural modernity emerged gradually in Africa starting at least 200 ka in concert with the origin of our species on that continent. The third states that innovations indicative of modern cognition are not restricted to our species and appear and disappear in Africa and Eurasia between 200 and 40 ka before becoming fully consolidated. We evaluate these scenarios in the light of new evidence from Africa, Asia and Europe and explore the mechanisms that may have led to modern cultures. Such reflections will demonstrate the need for further inquiry into the relationship between climate and demographic/cultural change in order to better understand the mechanisms of cultural transmission at work in Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens populations.

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“…Anatomically incomplete bone specimens often lack morphologically discriminatory characteristics, impeding taxonomic identification. Such taxonomically unidentified bone specimens potentially contain important behavioural (d'Errico et al, 2003;Rendu, 2010;Romandini et al, 2014;Soressi et al, 2013), ecological (Discamps et al, 2011) or molecular (Richards et al, 2008;Castellano et al, 2014) information.…”

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Using ZooMS to identify fragmentary bone from the Late Middle/Early Upper Palaeolithic sequence of Les Cottés, France

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Soressi

Rendu

et al. 2015

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a b s t r a c tWe report the application of a molecular barcode method (ZooMS) to identify fragmentary bone remains (>2.5 cm) from a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic sequence at Les Cott es, France. ZooMS uses peptide mass fingerprinting of collagen (the most abundant protein in bone) to discriminate fauna (typically to genus level). Using previously reported peptide markers we initially conducted a blind test using 34 morphologically identified bones, followed by the application of ZooMS on 145 morphologically unidentified bone specimens. For the blind test, ZooMS was in agreement with morphological identifications in all cases, but in some instances taxonomic resolution is lower than morphological identifications. Further, 93.8% (136/145) of spectra obtained for morphologically unidentified bone specimens result in identifications that cannot be taxonomically improved by ZooMS. These include ten bone specimens showing signs of carnivore digestion. Focussing on the unidentified bone specimens of the Châtelper-ronian unit at Les Cott es (US06), ZooMS identified an additional z30% of the total number of bones discovered, increasing the total number of identified bone specimens to 61.8%. Further, ZooMS revealed higher taxonomic richness compared to morphological identifications for US06, thereby providing a more informed interpretation of the faunal community present at Les Cott es during the Châtelperronian.

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Hunting behavior and Neanderthal adaptability in the Late Pleistocene site of Pech-de-l'Azé I

Cited by 94 publications

References 57 publications

Shifts in Neandertal mobility, technology and subsistence strategies in western France

Shifts in Neandertal mobility, technology and subsistence strategies in western France

Evolution, Revolution or Saltation Scenario for the Emergence of Modern Cultures?

Using ZooMS to identify fragmentary bone from the Late Middle/Early Upper Palaeolithic sequence of Les Cottés, France

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