Evaluating inferences about hominid meat-eating behaviours is the primary objective of this book. Many scholars consider these behaviours as critical features in human evolution. Most zooarchaeologists agree that butchery marks constitute the most reliable gauge of hominid involvement with animal bones. I focus on cut marks because experiments focused on their placement and frequencies produced by various butchery activities. Many reconstructions of hominid meat-eating behaviours were based on Binfords observations of the Nunamiut. The primary shortcoming of the latter studies is...
Evaluating inferences about hominid meat-eating behaviours is the primary objective of this book. Many scholars consider these behaviours as critica...
