Shanidar 3 Neandertal rib puncture wound and paleolithic weaponry

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-178

  Churchill, Steven E ^a,b   Franciscus, Robert G ^c   McKean Peraza, Hilary A ^a   Daniel, Julie A ^a   Warren, Brittany R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal violence; Late Pleistocene; Paleolithic trauma; Projectile weaponry

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; LESION; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; VIOLENCE; WEAPONRY;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOSSIL; GOAT; HOMINID; HUMAN; INJURY; IRAQ; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RIB; SWINE; WEAPON;

ANIMALS; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FOSSILS; GOATS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; RIBS; SWINE; WEAPONS;

EID: 68049103046     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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