The reality of Neandertal symbolic behavior at the Grotte du Renne, Arcy-sur-Cure, France.

The question of whether symbolically mediated behavior is exclusive to modern humans or shared with anatomically archaic populations such as the Neandertals is hotly debated. At the Grotte du Renne, Arcy-sur-Cure, France, the Châtelperronian levels contain Neandertal remains and large numbers of per...

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Main Authors: François Caron, Francesco d'Errico, Pierre Del Moral, Frédéric Santos, João Zilhão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3126825?pdf=render