The Role of Large Mammals as Vitamin C Sources for MIS 3 Hominins

• Published in: Quaternary Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 20
• Main Author: Guil-Guerrero, José Luis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2023
• Subjects: anatomically modern humans; Anthropological research; Aquatic animals; Aquatic birds; Ascorbic acid; Availability; Bones; Carbohydrates; Diet; Environmental aspects; Food; Food and nutrition; Food resources; Fossils; Health aspects; Herbivores; Hominids; Human-animal relationships; large fauna; Mammals; marine isotope stage 3; Mitochondrial DNA; Neanderthals; Paleolithic; Paleolithic diet; Prey; Proteins; Seasonal variations; Survival; Viscera; Vitamin C; Eastern Europe; Siberia; Russia

The acquisition of large prey by hominins living during the Marine Isotope Stage 3, including Neanderthals and Anatomically Modern Humans, had nutritional and bioenergetic implications: these contain high fat amounts, provide a high energy return, and the strategies and skills required to acquire sm...