Cervidae antlers exploited to manufacture prehistoric tools and hunting implements as a reliable source of ancient DNA

Antler is one of the primary animal raw materials exploited for technical purposes by the hunter-gatherer groups of the Eurasian Upper Palaeolithic (UP) all over the ecological range of deers, and beyond. It was exhaustively employed to produce one of the most critical tools for the survival of the...

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Main Authors: José-Miguel Tejero, Olivia Cheronet, Pere Gelabert, Brina Zagorc, Esteban Álvarez-Fernández, Pablo Arias, Aline Averbouh, Guy Bar-Oz, Omry Barzilai, Anna Belfer-Cohen, Marjolein D. Bosch, Florian Brück, Marián Cueto, Martin Dockner, Josep Maria Fullola, Diego Gárate, Michael Giannakoulis, Cynthia González, Nino Jakeli, Xavier Mangado, Tengiz Meshveliani, Petr Neruda, Philip Nigst, Roberto Ontañón, Maayan Shemer, Petra G. Šimková, Jesús Tapia, Marta Sánchez de la Torre, Catherine Schwab, Gerhard Weber, Ron Pinhasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024078897