%0 Journal Article %A Dibble, Harold L. %A Sandgathe, Dennis %A Goldberg, Paul %A McPherron, Shannon %A Aldeias, Vera %+ Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society %T Were Western European Neandertals able to make fire? : %G eng %U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0003-6621-5 %R 10.1007/s41982-017-0002-6 %D 2018 %* Review method: peer-reviewed %X Significant variability has been observed in the frequency of fire use over the course of the Late Pleistocene at several Middle Paleolithic sites in southwest France. In particular, Neandertals appear to have used fire more frequently during warm climatic periods and very infrequently during cold periods. After reviewing several lines of evidence and alternative explanations for this variability, the null hypothesis that these Neandertals were not able to make fire still stands. %J Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology %V 1 %N 1 %& 54 %P 54 - 79 %@ 2520-8217