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Last Interglacial Iberian Neandertals as fisher-hunter-gatherers.
Ernestina BadalPaulo J. Cesário PortelaM. Araújo IgrejaAlain QueffelecCatherine DupontJoão ZilhãoJoão ZilhãoJoão ZilhãoPedro SoutoFrancesco D'erricoFrancesco D'erricoMartina DemuroMariana NabaisMariana NabaisDiego E. AngelucciJoan DauraJoan DauraPedro M. CallapezA. M. Monge SoaresMarianne DeschampsMarianne DeschampsDirk L. HoffmannDirk L. HoffmannPaulo LegoinhaLee J. ArnoldHenrique MatiasJoão Luís CardosoJoão Luís CardosoSónia GabrielFátima Rodriguessubject
010506 paleontologyOld WorldTaphonomy[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryIberian Neandertals01 natural sciences[SHS]Humanities and Social SciencesBirds03 medical and health sciencesCaveAnimal ShellsAnimalsNuts14. Life underwaterMiddle Stone AgeAtlantic OceanComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSHoloceneMesolithic030304 developmental biology0105 earth and related environmental sciencesNeanderthalsMammals0303 health sciencesMultidisciplinarygeography.geographical_feature_categoryPortugalFishesSubsistence agriculturePinusArchaeologyDietTurtlesCavesGeographyArchaeologySeafoodInterglacialFisher-hunter-gatherersGruta da Figueira Bravadescription
Fruits of the sea The origins of marine resource consumption by humans have been much debated. Zilhão et al. present evidence that, in Atlantic Iberia's coastal settings, Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals exploited marine resources at a scale on par with the modern human–associated Middle Stone Age of southern Africa (see the Perspective by Will). Excavations at the Figueira Brava site on Portugal's Atlantic coast reveal shell middens rich in the remains of mollusks, crabs, and fish, as well as terrestrial food items. Familiarity with the sea and its resources may thus have been widespread for residents there in the Middle Paleolithic. The Figueira Brava Neanderthals also exploited stone pine nuts in a way akin to that previously identified in the Holocene of Iberia. These findings add broader dimensions to our understanding of the role of aquatic resources in the subsistence of Paleolithic humans. Science , this issue p. eaaz7943 ; see also p. 1422
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-26 | Science (New York, N.Y.) |