Evidence for neandertal jewelry: Modified white-tailed eagle claws at krapina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Radovčić, Davorka ^a   Sršen, Ankica Oros ^b   Radovčić, Jakov ^a   Frayer, David W ^c  

^a CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; EAGLE; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; JEWELRY; NONHUMAN; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOSSIL; HOOF AND CLAW;

HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; CROATIA; EAGLES; FOSSILS; HOOF AND CLAW; NEANDERTHALS;

EID: 84924385948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119802     Document Type: Article

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