Thin on the ground : Neandertal biology, archeology and ecology / Steven Emilio Churchill.
"Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology and Ecology synthesizes the current knowledge about our sister species the Neandertals, combining data from a variety of disciplines to reach a cohesive theory behind Neandertal low population densities and relatively low rate of technological...
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Wiley-Blackwell,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
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- 2.1. Geographic and Temporal Boundaries
- 2.2. Defining the Neanderthals
- 2.3. Neanderthal DNA
- 2.4. Neanderthal Taxonomy
- 2.5. Regional and Temporal Variation in Neanderthal Morphology
- 2.6. The Evolutionary History of the Neanderthals
- Notes
- 3.1. Neanderthal-associated Lithic Industries
- 3.2. Variation in the Eurasian Middle Paleolithic: Technology as Adaptive Interface
- 3.3. Composite Technolhogy, and the Archaeologically Less-visible Component of Technology
- 3.4. Subsistence Technology
- 3.5. Domestic Technology
- Notes
- 4.1. Neanderthal Body Size: Short but Massive
- 4.2. Body Composition: "Scaled Up" Inuit?
- 4.3. The Cost of Size: Feeding a Large Body and Large Brain
- 4.3.1. Nutrition and Somatic Maintenance: Neanderthal Bodies were Energetically-Costly
- 4.3.2. Nutrition and Reproduction: Were Neanderthal Mothers Like Polar Bears?
- 4.3.3. Dietary Shortfalls: Hard and Lean Winters
- 4.4. The Benefits of Size: Neanderthal Body Size in Ecological Context
- Notes
- 5.1. How Cold Was It?
- 5.1.1. Cold-Temperate Conditions (MIS 5d-a and 3)
- 5.1.2. Cold Glacial Conditions (MIS 6 and 4)
- 5.2. Human Adaptation to the Cold
- 5.3. Cold Adaptation and Neanderthal Morphology
- 5.3.1. The Survival Value of Neanderthal Body Form
- 5.3.2. Craniofacial Morphology and Cold Adaptation
- 5.4. Physiological Solutions to Cold Stress
- 5.5. Cold Stress and Neanderthal Behaviour
- 5.5.1. Activity
- 5.5.2. Extrasomatic Heat Production and Conservation: Fire, Shelter and Clothing
- 5.6. Thermogenic Capacity and Cold Tolerance
- 5.7. The Neanderthals Were Cold-adapted
- Notes
- 6.1. Issues in the Reconstruction of Past Environments
- 6.2. Pleistocene Biomes of Europe and Western Asia
- 6.2.1. Interglacial Europe: Marine Isotope Stages 7and 5e
- 6.2.2. Productivity and Edible Resources of Interglacial Environments
- 6.2.3. Temperate Interglacial Europe: Marine Isotope Stages 5d-a and 3
- 6.2.4. Cold Steppic Europe: Marine Isotope Stages 6 and 4
- Notes
- 7.1. Analysis of Food Residues: The Macromammal Component of Neanderthal Diet
- 7.2. Analysis of Food Residues: The Small Animal Data
- 7.3. Analysis of Food Residues: Macrobotanical Remains
- 7.4. Dental Wear and Food Residues on Teeth
- 7.5. Stable Isotope and Trace Element Analyses
- 7.6. The Thorny Issue of Cannibalism
- 7.7. The Trophic Ecology of Neanderthals
- Notes
- 8.1. Neanderthal Morphology and Predation
- 8.1.1. Scapular Glenoid Fossa
- 8.1.2. Elbow Joint Morphology
- 8.1.3. Superior Pubic Ramus Length
- 8.1.4. Humeral Diaphyseal Cross-sectional Geometry
- 8.1.5. Entheseal (Muscle-Marking) Morphology
- 8.2. Neanderthals as Close-range Predators
- 8.3. Prey Size, Hunting "Pack" Size, and Risk of Injury to Neanderthal Hunters
- 8.4. Neanderthal Hunting in Ecological Context
- Notes
- 9.1. Large-bodied Carnivores of the Eurasian Late Pleistocene
- 9.2. The Members of the Eurasian Pleistocene Large-bodied Carnivore Guild
- 9.2.1. Homotherium latidens
- 9.2.2. Panthera leo spelaea
- 9.2.3. Panthera pardus
- 9.2.4. Crocuta crocuta spelaea
- 9.2.5. Hyaena hyaena
- 9.2.6. Canis lupus
- 9.2.7. Cuon alpinus
- 9.3. Competition within the Carnivore Guild
- 9.3.1. Exploitation Competition
- 9.3.2. Interference Competition
- 9.4. Neanderthals Were Not the Socially-Dominant Members of the Carnivore Guild
- 9.5. Neanderthal Ecology in the Context of Competition within the Carnivore Guild
- Notes
- 10.1. Subsistence Organization and Mobility
- 10.2. Home Range Size
- 10.2.1. Lithic Raw Material Movement
- 10.2.2. Carnivore Models for Estimating Neanderthal Mobility
- 10.3. Paleontological Reflections of Neanderthal Mobility
- 10.4. The Energetic Cost of Mobility
- 10.5. The Energetic Cost of Domestic Activities
- 10.6. Neanderthal Physical Activity Levels
- Notes
- 11.1. Subsistence Labour Demands, Group Size, and Social Structure
- 11.2. Neanderthal Life History
- 11.3. Neanderthal Demography
- Notes
- 12.1. Tipping the Scales on Population Growth
- 12.2. Culture Change in the Late MSA and Mousterian
- Note.