[PublicAdministrativeSpace:Peresani, Marco] [PublicAdministrativeSpace:Fiore, Ivana] Gala Monica, Romandini Matteo, Tagliacozzo Antonio
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Late Neandertals and the intentional removal of feathers as evidenced from bird bone taphonomy at Fumane Cave 44 ky B.P., Italy
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PNAS
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108
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10
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2011
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3888-3893
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cut marks, raptors, symbolism, Middle Paleolithic
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A large and varied avifaunal bone assemblage from the final Mousterianlevels ofGrotta di Fumane,northernItaly, revealsunusual human modifications on species that are not clearly relatable to feeding or utilitarian uses (i.e., lammergeier, Eurasian black vulture, golden eagle, red-footed falcon, common wood pigeon, and Alpine chough). Cut, peeling, and scrape marks, as well as diagnostic fractures and a breakthrough, are observed exclusively onwings, indicating the intentional removal of large feathers by Neandertals. The species involved, the anatomical elements affected, and the unusual type and location of the human modifications indicate an activity linked to the symbolic sphere and the behavioral modernity of this European autochthonous population.
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