Congratulations Gabriele!

It is thanks!

I feel exactly the same! Really enjoying chatting about caves, carnivores and extictions. Looking forward to working together!

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Our results based on both abundance and age profiles, indicate a lack of selectivity in fallow deer hunting. We suggest that Paleolithic hunters exhibited a preference for open biomes—demonstrating a patch preference rather than a prey preference.

#zooarchaeology

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tooth wear stages with crown height measurements.
This integrated method allows for a more accurate and replicable division between prime and old adult cohorts.
We believe additional data would significantly enhance this, and we encourage you to publish more.

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Existing methods for distinguishing prime-aged fallow deer from old individuals are inconsistent and ambiguous. This boundary is crucial for interpreting hunting selectivity. We refined the aging approach by combining Bowen et al.’s (2016) fallow deer-specific

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Fallow deer are the 2nd most common prey in Middle Paleolithic sites in the southern Levant. It was long assumed they were deliberately hunted—especially prime-aged individuals, a marker of advanced human hunting skills.
But were they?

It is like a cervid-bovid hybrid. So cool!

Congratulations Marion!

Knock yourself out!

Will be happy to be added thanks!

Great idea! I will be happy to join too.
Thanks!