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

Neanderthals are most often portrayed as big game hunters who derived the vast majority of their diet from large terrestrial herbivores while birds, fish and plants are seen as relatively unimportant or beyond the capabilities of Neanderthals. Although evidence for exploitation of other resources (s...

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Main Authors: Bruce L Hardy, Marie-Hélène Moncel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3161061?pdf=render