Research Article

Neanderthals versus Modern Humans: Evidence for Resource Competition from Isotopic Modelling

Table 8

Chi-squared results, significant values of P (<0.017) are in italic.

N3-MH3N3-MH2MH3-MH2

South-western areaExtended variabilityWhole faunaWhole hominids0.0000380.0000000.000000
Fauna without reindeerWhole hominids0.0000020.0000000.000000
Fauna without horseWhole hominids0.0000070.0000000.000003
Average variabilityWhole faunaWhole hominids0.0000000.0000000.000382
Fauna without reindeerWhole hominids0.0000000.0000000.000000
Fauna without horseWhole hominidsNA0.0000000.000059

Cold environmentExtended variabilityWhole faunaWhole hominids0.0153590.0000000.000000
Fauna without reindeerWhole hominids0.002858NANA
Fauna without horseWhole hominidsNA0.000000NA
ReindeerWhole hominids0.0317440.0000000.000000

Whole datasetExtended variabilityWhole faunaWhole hominids0.1029420.0000000.000000
Fauna without reindeerWhole hominids0.1437510.0000000.000000
Fauna without horseWhole hominids0.0265140.0000000.000000