Fig. 6: Centripetal Levallois method and large-game hunting in the Levantine MP.

a, Frequencies of Levallois flakes with centripetal scar patterns on the dorsal faces in various Levantine MP assemblages. The data and references are provided in Supplementary Table 7. b, The relative abundance of the largest ungulates (aurochs, equids, rhino and hippo) among the MP cave sites. The data and references are provided in Supplementary Table 9. Credit: Silhouettes from PhyloPic under a Creative Commons license CC0 1.0: horse, Lisa Nicvert; deer, Feeran Sayol; aurochs, Mariana Ruiz Vilarreal; hippo, Steven Traver; rhino, Jody Taylor.