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Large carnivore attacks on hominins during the Pleistocene: a forensic approach with a Neanderthal example

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Large carnivore attacks on hominins during the Pleistocene: a forensic approach with a Neanderthal example

dc.contributor.author	Camarós, Edgard
dc.contributor.author	Cueto, Marián
dc.contributor.author	Lorenzo, Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Villaverde Bonilla, Valentín
dc.contributor.author	Rivals, Florent
dc.date.accessioned	2016-06-28T07:58:57Z
dc.date.available	2016-06-28T07:58:57Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10550/54275
dc.description.abstract	Interaction between hominins and carnivores has been common and constant through human evolution and generated mutual pressures similar to those present in worldwide modern human-carnivore conflicts. This current interaction is sometimes violent and can be reflected in permanent skeletal pathologies and other bone modifications. In the present paper, we carry out a survey of 124 forensic cases of dangerous human-carnivore encounters. The objective is to infer direct hominin-carnivore confrontation during the Pleistocene, which is important to understand behavioral changes during human evolution. In addition, the case of Neanderthals is analyzed in order to find evidence of past attacks using forensic observations. The results obtained pose that Neanderthals could potentially have been involved in dangerous encounters during the Pleistocene, validating our methodology to approach past attacks from a forensic perspective.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Archaeological and anthropological sciences, 2015
dc.source	Camarós, Edgard Cueto, Marián Lorenzo, Carlos Villaverde Bonilla, Valentín Rivals, Florent 2015 Large carnivore attacks on hominins during the Pleistocene: a forensic approach with a Neanderthal example Archaeological and anthropological sciences
dc.subject	Home de Neandertal
dc.title	Large carnivore attacks on hominins during the Pleistocene: a forensic approach with a Neanderthal example
dc.type	journal article	es_ES
dc.date.updated	2016-06-28T07:58:57Z
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-015-0248-1
dc.identifier.idgrec	112064
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	es_ES