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Two Acheuleans, two humankinds. From 1.5 to 0.85 Ma at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopian highlands) [PDF]

, 2017
The Acheulean is the longest-lasting human cultural record, spanning approximately 1.5 Ma and three continents. The most comprehensive sequences are found in East Africa, where, in large-scale syntheses, the Lower Pleistocene Acheulean (LPA) has often ...
Gallotti, Rosalia, Mussi, Margherita
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The emergence of Late Acheulean pattern of bifact production and resharpening (on materials of Hugub locality, 600–500 ka, in Ethiopia)

UISPP Journal, 2022
The Hugub open-air site in Ethiopia well-dated to between 600 and 500 ka yields the earliest securely dated and found in situ Late Acheulean archaeology in Africa.
W. Henry Gilbert, Liubov V. Golovanova, Vladimir B. Doronichev, Ivan G. Shirobokov   +3 more
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The origin of the Acheulean: the 1.7 million-year-old site of FLK West, Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) [PDF]

, 2015
The appearance of the Acheulean is one of the hallmarks of human evolution. It represents the emergence of a complex behavior, expressed in the recurrent manufacture of large-sized tools, with standardized forms, implying more advance forethought and ...
Baquedano, E., Diaz, I., Diez-Martin, F., Dominguez-Rodrigo, M., Duque, J., Egeland, C. P., Fraile, C., Mabulla, A., Mark, D. F., Organista, E., Perez-Gonzalez, A., Sanchez-Yustos, P., Uribelarrea, D., Yravedra, J.   +13 more
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¿Hubo ocupaciones achelenses en Santimamiñe? [PDF]

Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia
En 1960, el hallazgo de un bifaz de cuarcita en la excavación de Santimamiñe planteó la posibilidad de que hubiera habido ocupaciones achelenses en la cueva.
Joseba Rios-Garaizar
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The Acheulean of the Upper Guadiana River Basin (Central Spain). Morphostratigraphic Context and Chronology

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022
In the upper basin of the Guadiana River, especially in the sectors drained by its right-bank tributaries, the Bullaque and Becea rivers, important concentrations of Acheulean and Mousterian industries can be found in a superficial position.
M. Santonja, M. Santonja, A. Pérez-González, J. Baena, J. Panera, J. Panera, E. Méndez-Quintas, E. Méndez-Quintas, D. Uribelarrea, D. Uribelarrea, M. Demuro, L. Arnold, A. Abrunhosa, A. Abrunhosa, S. Rubio-Jara, S. Rubio-Jara, S. Rubio-Jara   +16 more
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L’archéologie comme science coloniale en Afrique centrale équatoriale

Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2011
Equatorial Africa remained on the sidelines of archaeological and prehistorical research activities during the colonial era. Evolutionist and diffusional theories that inspired colonial policy considered the great Equatorial forest as a place in its ...
Germain Loumpet
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Filling the gap. Human cranial remains from Gombore II (Melka Kunture, Ethiopia; ca. 850 ka) and the origin of Homo heidelbergensis [PDF]

, 2016
African archaic humans dated to around 1,0 Ma share morphological affinities with Homo ergaster and appear distinct in cranio-dental morphology from those of the Middle Pleistocene that are referred to Homo heidelbergensis.
DI VINCENZO, FABIO, Lorenza, Gagliardi, MANZI, Giorgio, Marcello, Piperno, PROFICO, ANTONIO   +4 more
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Burn Selection: How Fire Injury Shaped Human Evolution. [PDF]

Bioessays
Intentional fire use exposed humans and their ancestors to high‐temperature burn injury, a risk rare in other species, bringing major survival benefits and technologies but also repeated exposure to extreme heat. The Burn Selection Hypothesis reframes this cost of fire mastery as a unique selective pressure, which shaped our evolution.
Cuddihy J, Li Y, Fisher I, Takats Z, Friston D, Collins D, Vizcaychipi M, Fumagalli M, Nagy I, Leroi A.   +9 more
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The origins of the Acheulean: past and present perspectives on a major transition in human evolution [PDF]

, 2016
The emergence of the Acheulean from the earlier Oldowan constitutes a major transition in human evolution, the theme of this special issue. This paper discusses the evidence for the origins of the Acheulean, a cornerstone in the history of human ...
de la Torre, I
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Understanding ancient hominin dispersals using artefactual data: a phylogeographic analysis of Acheulean handaxes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
BACKGROUND:Reconstructing the dispersal patterns of extinct hominins remains a challenging but essential goal. One means of supplementing fossil evidence is to utilize archaeological evidence in the form of stone tools. Based on broad dating patterns, it
Stephen J Lycett
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