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2022
Although the data are incomplete, the Acheulean seems to occupy the longest share of the prehistoric period of West Africa. Whereas some sites suggest the arrival of the first hominids beginning in the Early Pleistocene, the majority of the Acheulean sites show evidence of activity throughout almost the entirety of the Mid-Pleistocene.
Djibril Thiam, Isis Mesfin
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Although the data are incomplete, the Acheulean seems to occupy the longest share of the prehistoric period of West Africa. Whereas some sites suggest the arrival of the first hominids beginning in the Early Pleistocene, the majority of the Acheulean sites show evidence of activity throughout almost the entirety of the Mid-Pleistocene.
Djibril Thiam, Isis Mesfin
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Current Anthropology, 2005
There seems to be some consensus in the comments on McNabb et al.’s (CA 45:653–77) paper that Acheulean tools reveal a trend beginning with an imprecise kind of symmetry and leading to more defined regularities. Recent findings on how the brain functions can help to clarify why this sequence evolved.
Derek Hodgson, John Mc Nabb
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There seems to be some consensus in the comments on McNabb et al.’s (CA 45:653–77) paper that Acheulean tools reveal a trend beginning with an imprecise kind of symmetry and leading to more defined regularities. Recent findings on how the brain functions can help to clarify why this sequence evolved.
Derek Hodgson, John Mc Nabb
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The Acheulean Origins of Normativity
2021‘Normativity’ refers to the human conformity to the behavioral modes of a society, which underpins diverse aspects of our behavior, including symbolism, cooperation, and morality. It has its developmental basis in overimitation, the uniquely human bias towards replicating the intentional actions of a demonstrator, regardless of their causal relevance ...
Ceri Shipton +2 more
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The earliest Acheulean from Konso-Gardula
Nature, 1992Konso-Gardula is a palaeoanthropological area discovered by the 1991 Palaeoanthropological Inventory of Ethiopia in the southern Main Ethiopian Rift. The Konso-Gardula sediments span the period about 1.3-1.9 million years ago. They contain rich Acheulean archaeological occurrences. Vertebrate fossils include early Homo.
B, Asfaw +6 more
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Culture and industry of the Acheulean Age
Вестник Российской академии наук, 2023The readers of Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences are presented with reflections on volumes III and IV of the fundamental multivolume summarizing work on the Paleolithic by the outstanding archaeologist and historian Academician A.P. Derevyanko.
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L'Anthropologie, 2019
Abstract This chapter will consider the origins, evolution and adaptive significance of the Acheulean Industrial Complex, based upon experimental replicative and functional studies. It is argued here that the Acheulean emerged as a response to large-mammal carcass acquisition and butchery, where larger, heavier and more ergonomic butchery tools with ...
Nicholas Toth, Kathy Schick
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Abstract This chapter will consider the origins, evolution and adaptive significance of the Acheulean Industrial Complex, based upon experimental replicative and functional studies. It is argued here that the Acheulean emerged as a response to large-mammal carcass acquisition and butchery, where larger, heavier and more ergonomic butchery tools with ...
Nicholas Toth, Kathy Schick
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Inter-continental Variation in Acheulean Bifaces
2010This chapter uses euclidean distance measurements of biface length, width and thickness to assess inter-continental variability in Acheulean biface morphology. Assemblages from eastern Asia and the Arabian peninsula are tested for their similarity to Acheulean assemblages in eastern Africa and the Indian sub-continent.
Shipton, C., Petraglia, M.
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Nadaouiyeh – A Homo erectus in Acheulean context
L'Anthropologie, 2015The Middle East is apparently the most important passage for the dispersal of early hominins. Numerous archeological sites prove the existence of hominin populations in this region, but despite these rich cultural remains, hominin fossils are very rare. In 1996, a hominin left parietal was found in an Acheulean context.
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On questions surrounding the Acheulean ‘tradition’
World Archaeology, 2008Abstract The Acheulean, sometimes known as ‘the great handaxe tradition’, is the longest-lasting entity in the human cultural record. The oldest sites are in Africa at around 1.6 million years ago and the most recent approach the last 100,000 years. The geographical extent is also enormous, ranging across Africa, the Middle East, most of Europe and ...
Stephen J. Lycett, John A. J. Gowlett
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European Acheuleans: Critical perspectives from the East
Quaternary International, 2016Abstract The question of European Acheulean diversity is currently widely debated. The obvious differences between northern and southern industries have led to several hypotheses regarding settlement dynamics. We propose to deal with this question from an off-centre perspective, by focusing on the data from Central Europe.
Rocca, Roxane +2 more
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