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How Early Humans Shaped Europe’s Scavenger Communities

New Study Examines the Role of Human Hunting in Late Pleistocene Ecosystems

Jan 23, 2025
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Between 45,000 and 29,000 years ago, early human activity not only altered landscapes but also reshaped the complex web of interactions between scavengers and prey. A recent study, published in Quaternary Science Reviews1, suggests that the hunting behaviors of early Homo sapiens fundamentally changed the composition of scavenger guilds across Europe. La…

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