How Early Humans Shaped Europe’s Scavenger Communities

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

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…