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

Table 3

Isotopic data available for each chronological group considering (1) geographical cluster and (2) environmental cluster. The three conditions retained for isotopic simulations are marked by grey cells.

Chronological groups	MOIS3 Neanderthals		MOIS3 modern humans		MOIS2 modern humans
	Hominids	Faunas	Hominids	Faunas	Hominids	Faunas
Geographical regions
North-west Europe	×	×			×	×
South-west Europe	×	×	×	×	×	×
Central	×	×	×		×	×
Environments
Tundra-steppe	×	×			×	×
Open boreal woodland	×	×			×	×
Tundra/boreal woodland	×	×	×	×	×	×
Steppe					×	×
Cold steppe					×	×
Wooded steppe	×	×			×	×
Temperate forest					×	×
Warm (wooded) steppe					×	×
Totality of the dataset	×	×	×	×	×	×