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The Complex Taxonomy of ‘Nubian’ in Context
New Article by Hallinan, E., & Marks, A. E. in Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. The meaning of the word ‘Nubian’ in Middle Palaeolithic archaeology has changed markedly since its first published use in 1965 in the context of the Nubian rescue campaign in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Initially referring to two types of prepared point…
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Primate archaeology 3.0
New Article by Pascual‐Garrido, A., Carvalho, S., & Almeida‐Warren, K. in American Journal of Biological Anthropology. The new field of primate archaeology investigates the technological behavior and material record of nonhuman primates, providing valuable comparative data on our understanding of human technological evolution. Yet, paralleling hominin archaeology, the field is largely biased toward the analysis of…
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The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift
New publication from the Paleo-Primate Project Gorongosa describes the first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique After four field seasons, extensive surveys, and new approaches in the search of paleontological sites, a new publication from the Paleo-Primate Project Gorongosa describes the first Miocene fossils from…
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A Third Neanderthal Individual from La Ferrassie Dated to the End of the Middle Palaeolithic
New Article by Guérin, G., Aldeias, V., Baumgarten, F., Goldberg, P., Gómez-Olivencia, A., Lahaye, C., Madelaine, S., Maureille, B., Philippe, A. & Sandgathe, D., in PaleoAnthropology. The Palaeolithic site of La Ferrassie (SW France) has been extensively studied since its discovery during the 19th century. In addition to a large sequence including Middle and Upper Paleolithic…
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Identifying the unidentified fauna enhances insights into hominin subsistence strategies during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition
New Article by Sinet-Mathiot, V., Rendu, W., Steele, T. E., Spasov, R., Madelaine, S., Renou, S., Soulier, M.-C., Martisius, N. L., Aldeias, V., Endarova, E., Goldberg, P., McPherron, S. J. P., Rezek, Z., Sandgathe, D., Sirakov, N., Sirakova, S., Soressi, M., Tsanova, T., Turq, A., … Smith, G. M., in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. Understanding…
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Contact materials: The ‘Other’ in experimental use-wear studies
New editorial paper special issue by Marreiros, J., Thaler, U., & Macdonald, D. A., in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Archaeological research focuses on a comprehensive understanding of when, how, and why past human populations changed their behaviour over time. Understanding these processes is fundamental to recognising the origins and character of behavioural choices that…
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A deep learning-based taphonomical approach to distinguish the modifying agent in the Late Pleistocene site of Toll Cave (Barcelona, Spain)
New Article by Pizarro-Monzo, M., Rosell, J., Rufà, A., Rivals, F., & Blasco, R., in Historical Biology. One of the most widely used methods to associate lithic tools and bone assemblage in archaeological sites is the identification of cut-marks. However, the identification of these marks is still problematic in some localities on account of the…
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Reassessing the origin of lentil cultivation in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Southwest Asia: new evidence from carbon isotope analysis at Gusir Höyük
New Article by Kabukcu, C., in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. Lentils represent the most common pulse crop found in Southwest Asian Neolithic archaeobotanical assemblages. Using carbon isotope determinations and palaeoclimatic modelling this paper investigates variability and change through time in lentil growth habitats at Gusir Höyük, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic habitation site in the Upper Tigris…
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Hunter-gatherer genetic persistence at the onset of megalithism in western Iberia: New mitochondrial evidence from Mesolithic and Neolithic necropolises in central-southern Portugal
New Article by Carvalho, A. F., Fernández-Domínguez, E., Arroyo-Pardo, E., Robinson, C., Cardoso, J. L., Zilhão, J., & Gomes, M. V. in Quaternary International. Despite its strategic importance at the furthermost edge of the Neolithic expansion in Europe, archaeogenetic data from Mesolithic and Neolithic human remains from Portugal are still very limited. Here we present…
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Appropriate Knowledge of Wild Chimpanzee Behavior (‘KnowWhat’) and Field Experimental Protocols (‘Know-How’) are Essential Prerequisites for Testing the Origins and Spread of Technological Behavior
Response to “Unmotivated subjects Cannot Provide Interpretable Data and Tasks with Sensitive Learning Periods Require Appropriately Aged Subjects” by C. Tennie and J. Call New Article by Koops, K., Biro, D., Matsuzawa, T., McGrew, W. C., & Carvalho, S. in Animal Behavior and Cognition. We respond to the commentary by Tennie and Call (2023) on…