An Archaeological Analysis of the Le Flageolet I Mammalian Fauna

格雷森博士和他的助手将分析考古动物群 从Le Flageolet I遗址挖掘出来的遗骸， 位于法国佩里戈尔地区。 年的精心 在现场的挖掘揭示了一系列叠加的 文化层中有丰富的动物遗骸和石头 工具. 其中九层含有奥里尼亚阶和佩里戈阶 文化材料，其中最早的大约是 35，000岁，因此，日期的最后一部分， 最近的冰河时代 这些文化层记录了 在欧洲出现了解剖学上的现代人类。 球队 将用创新技术分析动物遗骸， 决定了这些旧石器时代的人 通过狩猎而不是食腐获取动物食物。 最近的争论认为，前中旧石器时代 人们依靠拾荒来获取 最小的哺乳动物 这一观点认为，充分有效的 狩猎直到35,000年前才出现， 能力作为复杂特征的一部分出现， 现代人的行为特征 虽然有几个中 旧石器时代的动物群系列已经研究过了，他们没有回答 这个问题，因为没有可比的组合比 已经分析了35,000年。 这项研究将提供 第一个这样的样本。 这项研究很重要，因为它将增加我们的 对塑造人类发展的力量的理解。 许多 人类学家认为，人类是从猎人进化而来的， 狩猎技能是人类生存的重要组成部分 行为并塑造其发展。 另一些人认为， 事实并非如此，而且这种狩猎是最近才发生的。 这 研究解决了这个问题，因此，应该阐明 使我们成为人类的过程。

Dr. Grayson and his assistant will analyze archaeological faunal remains excavated from the site of Le Flageolet I, which is located in the Perigord region of France. Years of careful excavation at the site have revealed a series of superimposed cultural layers which are rich in animal remains as well as stone tools. Nine of these layers contain Aurignacian and Perigordian cultural materials, the earliest of which are approximately 35,000 years old, and thus, date to the last part of the most recent Ice Age. These cultural layers document the first appearance of anatomically modern humans in Europe. The team will analyze the faunal remains with innovative techniques to determine the extent to which these Paleolithic peoples obtained animal food through hunting as opposed to scavenging. Recent arguments maintain that the preceding Middle Paleolithic peoples were dependent on scavenging to obtain the flesh of at least larger mammals. This position holds that fully efficient hunting did not emerge until about 35,000 years ago and that this ability emerged as part of the complex of characteristics that marks behaviorally modern peoples. While several Middle Paleolithic faunal series have been studied, they do not answer the question because no comparable assemblages younger than 35,000 years have been analyzed. This research will provide the first such sample. This research is important because it will increase our understanding of the forces which shaped human development. Many anthropologists have argued that humans evolved as hunters and that the skills necessary to hunt form an essential part of human behavior and shaped its development. Others believe that such is not the case and that such hunting is relatively recent. This research addresses the issue and thus, should shed light on the process which made us human.