The Neanderthal Meal: A New Perspective Using Faecal Biomarkers

Ainara Sistiaga; Carolina Mallol; Bertila Galván; Roger Everett Summons

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101045

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The Neanderthal Meal: A New Perspective Using Faecal Biomarkers

Ainara Sistiaga ,

* E-mail: msistiag@ull.es

Affiliations Department of Geography and History, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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Carolina Mallol,

Affiliations Department of Geography and History, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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Bertila Galván,

Affiliation Department of Geography and History, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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Roger Everett Summons

Affiliation Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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The Neanderthal Meal: A New Perspective Using Faecal Biomarkers

Ainara Sistiaga,
Carolina Mallol,
Bertila Galván,
Roger Everett Summons

Published: June 25, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101045

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Primarily Genetic?

Posted by 1sahin on 26 Jun 2014 at 00:31 GMT

This is a behavioral progression of Neandertals and probably primarily genetic. The gene flow from Northwest Africa into Western Europe triggered it according to the new hypothesis below:

http://comonca.org.cn/PDF...

No competing interests declared.

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