Autism, the Integrations of 'Difference' and the Origins of Modern Human Behaviour [PDF]
, 2009 It is proposed here that the archaeological evidence for the emergence of 'modern behaviour' (160,000-40,000 bp) can best be explained as the rise of cognitive variation within populations through social mechanisms for integrating 'different minds ...
Spikins, Penny
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Which way to turn? Is the Haua Fteah a Levantine site? [PDF]
, 2018 Recent work has shown early modern human occupation at Jebel Irhoud, Morocco dating as far back as MIS 9 (337 – 300 Ka). Such early dates double the period in which modern humans were present in North Africa with implications for several key debates on ...
Reynolds, Tim
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From Homininity to Humanity : Compassion from the Earliest Archaics to Modern Humans [PDF]
, 2010 We are increasingly aware of the role of emotions and emotional construction in social relationships. However, despite their significance, there are few constructs or theoretical approaches to the evolution of emotions that can be related to the ...
Needham, Andrew +2 more
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Paleogenomics. Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years. [PDF]
, 2014 The origin of contemporary Europeans remains contentious. We obtained a genome sequence from Kostenki 14 in European Russia dating from 38,700 to 36,200 years ago, one of the oldest fossils of anatomically modern humans from Europe. We find that Kostenki
Albrechtsen, Anders +20 more
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The Archaeological Record Speaks: Bridging Anthropology and Linguistics
International Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011 This paper examines the origins of language, as treated within Evolutionary Anthropology, under the light offered by a biolinguistic approach. This perspective is presented first. Next we discuss how genetic, anatomical, and archaeological data, which are traditionally taken as evidence for the presence of language, are circumstantial as such from this
Sergio Balari +6 more
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Constructing a concept of number [PDF]
, 2018 Numbers are concepts whose content, structure, and organization are influenced by the material forms used to represent and manipulate them. Indeed, as argued here, it is the inclusion of multiple forms (distributed objects, fingers, single- and two ...
Overmann, Karenleigh
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The role of cryptotephra in refining the chronology of Late Pleistocene human evolution and cultural change in North Africa [PDF]
, 2015 © 2014.Sites in North Africa hold key information for dating the presence of Homo sapiens and the distribution of Middle Stone Age (MSA), Middle Palaeolithic (MP) and Later Stone Age (LSA) cultural activity in the Late Pleistocene.
Albert, PG +12 more
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Early and Middle Pleistocene Faunal and Hominins Dispersals through Southwestern Asia [PDF]
, 2010 This review summarizes the paleoecology of the Early and Middle Pleistocene of southwestern Asia, based on both flora and fauna, retrieved from a series of ‘windows’ provided by the excavated sites.
Bar-Yosef, Ofer, Belmaker, Miriam
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A brief overview of Aurignacian cultures in the context of the industries of the transition from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic [PDF]
, 2002 International audienceRecent technological studies devoted to lithic industries from many Aurignacian sites of western Europe have made it possible to better define the earliest stages of this culture in the area.
Bon, François
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Evolution of science II: Insights into working of Nature
, 2016 We attempt to provide a comprehensive model of evolution of science across millennia taking into account the contributions of other intellectual traditions, cultural value system and increasing in sophistication of humans in their study of nature.
Vahia, M N
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