Table 6 Comparison of Palaeolithic cannibalism episodes versus faunal remains in regards to calorie content and potential number of days of food provision.
From: Assessing the calorific significance of episodes of human cannibalism in the Palaeolithic
Skeletal muscle calorie value | Number of days a group of 25 modern human adult males could survive (2,400 calories per person per day) | Number of days a group of 25 adult Neanderthal males could survive (4,070 calories per person per day*) | Number of days a group of Pleistocene anatomically modern humans could survive (3,788.5 calories per person per day*) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Site | Gran Dolina (TD6 - Aurora Stratum) | 87032 | 1.45 | 0.86 | 0.92 |
Caune de l’Argo | 590704 | 9.85 | 5.81 | 6.24 | |
Moula-Guercy | 115435 | 1.92 | 1.13 | 1.22 | |
El Sidrón | 193324 | 3.22 | 1.90 | 2.04 | |
Padrelles | 122468 | 2.04 | 1.20 | 1.29 | |
Cueva del Boquete de Zafarraya | 227953 | 3.80 | 2.24 | 2.41 | |
Troisième caverne of Goyet | 130164 | 2.17 | 1.28 | 1.37 | |
Maszycka Cave | 199419 | 3.32 | 1.96 | 2.11 | |
Gough’s Cave | 114773 | 1.91 | 1.13 | 1.21 | |
Fauna/Hominin | Hominin (Homo sapiens) | 32376 | 0.54 | 0.32 | 0.34 |
Mammoth (Mammuthus) | 3600000 | 60.00 | 35.38 | 38.01 | |
Woolly Rhinoceros (Coelodonta/Stephanorhinus/Rhinoceros) | 1260000 | 21.00 | 12.38 | 13.30 | |
Aurochs (Bos) | 979200 | 16.32 | 9.62 | 10.34 | |
Steppe Bison (Bison) | 612000 | 10.20 | 6.01 | 6.46 | |
Cattle sp. (Bos) | 367200 | 6.12 | 3.61 | 3.88 | |
Bear (Ursus) | 600000 | 10.00 | 5.90 | 6.33 | |
Horse sp. (Equus) | 200100 | 3.34 | 1.97 | 2.11 | |
Giant deer (Megaloceros/Eucladoceros) | 163680 | 2.73 | 1.61 | 1.73 | |
Red deer (Cervus) | 163680 | 2.73 | 1.61 | 1.73 | |
Musk-ox (Ovibos) | 140400 | 2.34 | 1.38 | 1.48 | |
Deer sp. (Cervus/Dama) | 119040 | 1.98 | 1.17 | 1.26 | |
Boar (Sus) | 324000 | 5.40 | 3.18 | 3.42 | |
Reindeer (Rangifer) | 60000 | 1.00 | 0.59 | 0.63 | |
Ibex (Capra) | 45,780 | 0.76 | 0.45 | 0.48 | |
Rupicapra (Rupicapra) | 37620 | 0.63 | 0.37 | 0.40 | |
Saiga (Saiga) | 31500 | 0.53 | 0.31 | 0.33 | |
Roe deer (Capreolus) | 13200 | 0.22 | 0.13 | 0.14 | |
Beaver (Castor) | 48000 | 0.80 | 0.47 | 0.51 | |
Hare sp. (Lepus) | 3852 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
Steppe marmot (Marmota) | 1800 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
Fish | 1300 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
Birds | 2500 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 | |
