Table 1 List of the stable isotopic data and related 14C dates from Late Pleistocene Neandertal and UPMH remains from the Troisième caverne of Goyet and Spy.

From: Stable isotopes reveal patterns of diet and mobility in the last Neandertals and first modern humans in Europe

ID

Species

Lab#

14C age (BP)

δ13C

δ15N

δ34S

Reference for 14C

Reference for δ13C and δ 15N

Site: Goyet

Q116-1

Homo sapiens

GrA-46175

30,880 + 170, −160

−19.1

10.9

8.6

28

*

Q376-3

Homo sapiens

GrA-60034

29,370 + 180, −170

−18.8

11.4

4.4

28

*

C5-1

Homo neanderthalensis

  

−19.7

12.1

10.3

 

*

Q48-1

Homo neanderthalensis

  

−19.6

11.3

11.5

 

*

Q53-4

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-54022

39,870 + 400, −350

−19.0

11.7

9.7

27

14

Q55-1

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-54257

37,860 + 350 −310

−19.2

11.3

9.8

27

14

Q55-4

Homo neanderthalensis

  

−19.2

11.6

11.4

 

14

Q56-1

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-46170

38,440 + 340, −300

−19.5

11.5

9.2

27

14

Q57-1

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-46173

41,200 + 500, −410

−19.2

11.8

10.9

27

14

Q57-2

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-54024

36,590 + 300, −270

−19.1

11.9

10.8

4

14

Q57-3

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-60019

38,260 + 350, −310

−19.6

11.2

10.9

27

14

Q 119-2

Homo neanderthalensis

—

—

−19.3

11.5

11.9

 

*

Q305-4

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-46176

40,690 + 480, −400

−19.4

10.7

7.5

27

14

Q305-7

Homo neanderthalensis

—

—

−19.0

11.3

11.3

 

14

Q374a-1

Homo neanderthalensis

—

—

−19.1

11.8

10.2

 

14

Q376-1

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-46178

39,140 + 390, −340

−19.2

10.9

 

27

14

Q376-20

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-60018

37,250 + 320, −280

−19.4

11.8

11.6

27

14

Q376-9

Homo neanderthalensis

—

—

−19.2

11.8

12.9

 

*

Q376-25

Homo neanderthalensis

—

—

−19.0

11.5

11.4

 

*

2878-2D

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-54028

32,190 + 200, −190

−19.0

12.5

 

27

*

Site: Spy

Spy 94a (Spy II?)

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-32623

35,810 + 260, −240

−19.4

11.4

3.6

79

31

Spy 430a (Spy II?)

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-32630

33,940 + 220, −210

−20.3

10.8

 

79

31

Spy 92b (Spy I?)

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-32626

36,350 + 310,−280

−19.8

10.9

 

79

31

Spy 572a (Spy I/II?)

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-21546

31,810 + 250,−250

−19.8

11.0

 

79

31

Spy 646a Spy (VI)

Homo neanderthalensis

GrA-32627

32,970 + 200,−190

−19.8

12.5

2.6

78

*

  1. Abbreviations: *this study. δ34S values are all from this study; note that δ34S values of samples Q48-1, Q119-2, Q305-7, Q376-9 and Q376-25  are not considered due to preservation issues47,76,85,93.
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