Convergent evidence of eagle talons used by late Neanderthals in Europe: A further assessment on symbolism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Romandini, Matteo ^a   Peresani, Marco ^a   Laroulandie, Véronique ^b   Metz, Laure ^c   Pastoors, Andreas ^d   Vaquero, Manuel ^e   Slimak, Ludovic ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c University of Aix Marseille i   (France)

^d Neanderthal Museum   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLAW; CORTICAL BONE; EAGLE; EUROPE; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; INCISION; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PALEOLITHIC; PHALANX; RAPTOR; SYMBOLISM; TENDON; TISSUE SECTION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CAVE; HOOF AND CLAW; HUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; CAVES; EAGLES; EUROPE; HOOF AND CLAW; HUMANS; NEANDERTHALS; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84904251117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101278     Document Type: Article

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