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April 3, 2026PLoS ONEOpen Access

Correction: From meat to raw material: the Middle Pleistocene elephant butchery site of Casal Lumbroso (Rome, central Italy)

Beniamino Mecozzi Ivana Fiore Biagio Giaccio Francesca Giustini Stefano Mercurio L. Monaco Alessia Argento Francesco Bucci Casari degli Atti di Sassoferrato Isabella Caricola Cristina Lemorini Francesco Lucchini Ilaria Mazzini María Rita Palombo Raffaele Sardella A. Sposato Enza Elena Spinapolice Francesca Alhaique

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Key Points

The aim is to correct previous findings related to the elephant butchery site and its implications for understanding prehistoric human behavior.
Correction of the original article
Review of butchery techniques implied in the findings
Analysis of archaeological context
Clarified methods of butchery used on elephants
Enhanced understanding of material use in the Middle Pleistocene
Significant implications for human-animal interactions

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Correction highlights butchery techniques and material use in Middle Pleistocene elephants, suggesting significant archaeological insights.

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Mecozzi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d34dd49c07852e0af9763b https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346584

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