The Neanderthal Meal: A New Perspective Using Faecal Biomarkers by Sistiaga, Ainara, Mallol, Carolina, Galvan, Bertila, Summons, Roger E

“…Our gas chromatography-mass spectrometry results from El Salt (Spain), a Middle Palaeolithic site dating to ca. 50,000 yr. BP, represents the oldest positive identification of human faecal matter. …”
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New Insights into the Evolution of the Human Diet from Faecal Biomarker Analysis in Wild Chimpanzee and Gorilla Faeces by Wrangham, Richard, Rothman, Jessica M., Sistiaga Guiterrez, Maria Ainara, Summons, Roger E

“…Faecal biomarkers are proving to be a valuable tool in identifying relative proportions of plant and animal tissues in Palaeolithic diets. A limiting factor in the application of the faecal biomarker approach is the striking absence of data related to the occurrence of faecal biomarkers in non-human primate faeces. …”
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