Neandertal cannibalism and Neandertal bones used as tools in Northern Europe

Almost 150 years after the first identification of Neandertal skeletal material, the cognitive and symbolic abilities of these populations remain a subject of intense debate. We present 99 new Neandertal remains from the Troisième caverne of Goyet (Belgium) dated to 40,500–45,500 calBP. The remains...

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Main Authors: Rougier, Hélène, Crevecoeur, Isabelle, Beauval, Cédric, Posth, Cosimo, Flas, Damien, Wißing, Christoph, Furtwängler, Anja, Germonpré, Mietje, Gómez-Olivencia, Asier, Semal, Patrick, van der Plicht, Johannes, Bocherens, Hervé, Krause, Johannes
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933918/