Tag Archive for 'Pyrenean Ibex'

Neanderthals are commonly thought to have relied on dangerous close range hunting techniques, using non-projectile weapons like the thrusting spears depicted here; this hunting approach is thought to have brought them into violent contact with large mammals, resulting in high levels of injury especially to the head and neck when compared to modern humans; Beier et al found similar head injury levels in both Neanderthals and Upper Paleolithic humans, casting doubt on this hypothesis. Image credit: Gleiver Prieto.

Strontium Isotope Analysis Provides Insights into Hunting Habits and Diets of Neanderthals

May 10, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

In new research, scientists examined chemical properties locked inside tooth enamel of two Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals and a Magdalenian human from...

Giant Ibexes Once Roamed Pyrenees

Jun 22, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Three skull fossils of Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica, one of the two subspecies of the Iberian wild goat, from between 4,000 and 7,000 years ago have shed...