Earliest known use of marine resources by Neanderthals.

Numerous studies along the northern Mediterranean borderland have documented the use of shellfish by Neanderthals but none of these finds are prior to Marine Isotopic Stage 3 (MIS 3). In this paper we present evidence that gathering and consumption of mollusks can now be traced back to the lowest le...

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Main Authors: Miguel Cortés-Sánchez, Arturo Morales-Muñiz, María D Simón-Vallejo, María C Lozano-Francisco, José L Vera-Peláez, Clive Finlayson, Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal, Antonio Delgado-Huertas, Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo, Francisca Martínez-Ruiz, M Aranzazu Martínez-Aguirre, Arturo J Pascual-Granged, M Mercè Bergadà-Zapata, Juan F Gibaja-Bao, José A Riquelme-Cantal, J Antonio López-Sáez, Marta Rodrigo-Gámiz, Saburo Sakai, Saiko Sugisaki, Geraldine Finlayson, Darren A Fa, Nuno F Bicho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3173367?pdf=render