Neandertal cannibalism and Neandertal bones used as tools in Northern Europe.

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

doi:10.1038/srep29005

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Neandertal cannibalism and Neandertal bones used as tools in Northern Europe.

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Authors:

Hélène Rougier

Isabelle Crevecoeur

Cédric Beauval

Abstract

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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