Periodic Reporting for period 1 - BACBONE (Contrasting Neanderthal and modern human subsistence practices across Europe 50,000-40,000 years ago: an interdisciplinary approach to micro-scale taphonomy and BACterial bioerosion on BONE.)

A key question in human evolution relates to behavioural differences between Neanderthals and early modern humans and to what extent these may have contributed to the eventual extinction of Neanderthals in Eurasia ca. 40,000 years ago. Past hypotheses have emphasised the...