期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
卷 156, 期 -, 页码 43-71出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22659
关键词
zooarchaeology; stable isotopes; dental calculus; tooth wear; paleopathology; technology
资金
- Australian Research Council [DP140102659]
- University of New England (UNE Research Seed Grant)
- UNE Partnerships and University of New England (Career Development Award for Early Career Researchers)
- German Research Foundation [FOR771, 69]
- Beatriu de Pinos-A post-doctoral scholarship, Generalitat de Catalunya
- European Union through Marie Curie Actions, FP7
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [CGL-BOS-2012-34717]
- Max Planck Society
- Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Neanderthals have been commonly depicted as top predators who met their nutritional needs by focusing entirely on meat. This information mostly derives from faunal assemblage analyses and stable isotope studies: methods that tend to underestimate plant consumption and overestimate the intake of animal proteins. Several studies in fact demonstrate that there is a physiological limit to the amount of animal proteins that can be consumed: exceeding these values causes protein toxicity that can be particularly dangerous to pregnant women and newborns. Consequently, to avoid food poisoning from meat-based diets, Neanderthals must have incorporated alternative food sources in their daily diets, including plant materials as well. Yrbk Phys Anthropol 156:43-71, 2015. (c) 2014 American Association of Physical Anthropologists
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