Dr. Palmira Saladié participates as a speaker in the course “Neanderthals and their world” organized by the National Archaeological Museum

On June 2, Dr. Palmira Saladié, researcher at the IPHES-CERCA, will participate as a speaker in the series of conferences Neanderthals and their world, organized by the National Archaeological Museum and the Friends of the National Archaeological Museum association . The course, which ran from May 12 to June 9, brings together specialists of international reference to address, from a current perspective, biology, culture and the disappearance of these archaic human forms.

The session taught by Dr. Saladié will be titled Habitat and subsistence strategies in Neanderthal groups, and will focus on the ways in which Neanderthals adapt to various ecological environments. From archaeological evidence, it appears that these human groups apply highly cooperative hunting tactics, such as ambush or stalking, with the coordinated participation of various individuals to capture large ungulates. These practices, all of the ancient visions that they consider rudimentary, reflect a high capacity for social organization and the use of resources.

Dr. Saladié will also highlight that Neanderthals adapt various strategies according to the season and animal behavior, and that they not only exploit large mammals, but also other resources such as bones, jibs, crustaceans and vegetables. These strategies reflect a great ecological flexibility, typical of physical-fusion type societies, which modulate the size and composition of the group according to the needs of the moment, in a similar way to current hunter-gatherer groups.

You can consult the program here.