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From: Experimental analysis of roasted and raw turtle butchery and implications for early human cognition and behaviour

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Evidence of burning and percussion on chelonid specimens. (A) Dorsal view of Testudo hermanni (Chelonid 3) carapace with black burning marks. (B) Left humerus of Testudo hermanni (Chelonid 4) showing a black burning mark under Hirox microscope. (C) Right humerus of Testudo hermanni (Chelonid 4) with black burning mark under Hirox microscope. (D) Right peripherals plates 4, 5, and 6 of Testudo hermanni (Chelonid 5) with lateral percussion notches. (E) Exterior plastron of Testudo hermanni (Chelonid 4) with black burning marks. (F) Interior plastron of Graptemys ouachitensis (Chelonid 1) showing percussion notches.

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