Thanks to the co-authors for this collaborative work 🔥 Among them:

@isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social
@hrougier.bsky.social
@thibaut-d.bsky.social
@matejahajdi.bsky.social

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The study was found by the ANR-22-CE27-0016 NeHos-From Neanderthals to Homo sapiens - Understanding a cultural (r)evolution in Europe during the Palaeolithic.

@agencerecherche.bsky.social

This study was conducted at @pacea.bsky.social from the @univbordeaux.bsky.social, in collaboration with French, Belgian, German and US insitutions.

@mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
@unituebingen.bsky.social
@cerege.bsky.social
@univ-amu.fr
@naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
@cnrsecologie.bsky.social
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We conclude that this highly selective exocannibalistic behavior likely reflects inter-group conflict during the Late Pleistocene, when Northern Europe is marked by diverse Neandertal cultural traditions, but also the arrival of Homo sapiens.

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The mix of four adult females and two infants is extremely unlikely and reflects deliberate selection of individuals/targets by the cannibalistic group, whose own remains are missing but were almost certainly Neandertals. 👩‍👩‍👦

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Despite the high fragmentation of the remains, we were able to dress the profile of these individuals.🦴

Adults were all gracile females, non-local and possibly originate from different groups. Also, they show among the shortest stature ever documented for Neandertals! 🤏

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Our study integrate morphology🦴, paleogenomic🧬 and isotopic⚛️ data to document cannibalism at the Troisème caverne of Goyet (Belgium) 🇧🇪

The results indicate the presence of at least four adults/adolescents females and two infants among the human remains, mostly composed of lower limb bones.

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Congrats @edwindejager.bsky.social !

This paper follows the award I received in January from the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris for the best PhD thesis. 🦍 🦴 📰

Title: Femoral and pelvic morpho-structure in extant primates and fossil Homo: insights into locomotor adaptations

félicitation Zoé !