Neanderthal use of fish, mammals, birds, starchy plants and wood 125-250,000 years ago

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Hardy, Bruce L ^a   Moncel, Marie Hélène ^b  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIRD; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; HERBIVORE; HOMINID; INTELLECT; INTERGLACIAL; MAMMAL; NEANDERTHAL; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STONE ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WOOD; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRANCE; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRANCE; MAMMALS; NEANDERTHALS; PLANTS; WOOD;

EID: 80052049098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023768     Document Type: Article

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