Divergence in the evolution of Paleolithic symbolic and technological systems: The shining bull and engraved tablets of Rocher de l'Impératrice. [PDF]
The development of the Azilian in Western Europe 14,000 years ago is considered a “revolution” in Upper Paleolithic Archaeology. One of the main elements of this rapid social restructuring is the abandonment of naturalistic figurative art on portable ...
Naudinot N +7 more
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Morphology-based diagnostics of "protodogs." A commentary to Galeta et al., 2021, Anatomical Record, 304, 42-62, doi: 10.1002/ar.24500. [PDF]
Abstract In a recent article in this journal, Galeta et al., (2020) discussed eight Pleistocene “protodogs” and seven Pleistocene wolves. Those “protodogs” had been diagnosed in earlier publications, based on skull morphology. We re‐examined the Galeta et al.
Janssens LAA +4 more
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The aim of this paper is to present the results of μCT-scan and 3D imaging analyses of two skeletal lesions observed on human remains of one of the last European hunter-gatherers from the late Paleolithic (Azilian period): a sacroiliac osteoarthritis and
H. Coqueugniot +3 more
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Cultural taxonomies in the Paleolithic-Old questions, novel perspectives. [PDF]
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 49-52, March 2020.
Riede F +15 more
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The earliest double dog deposit in the Palaeolithic record: The case of the Azilian level of Grotte‐abri du Moulin (Troubat, France) [PDF]
It is now largely accepted that the wolf was the first animal to be domesticated during Pleistocene time. Although the exact timing of this event is still the subject of considerable debate, it is generally agreed upon that dogs lived side-by-side with ...
Myriam Boudadi-Maligne +7 more
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Hunting For Camps at an Azilian Site in Western France
A preventive excavation conducted in the Chaloignes Valley (Mozé‑sur-Louet, Maine-et-Loire, France) in 1999, over a surface of approximately 9200 m², revealed ten homogeneous loci and a group of lithic scatters disturbed by post-depositional processes.
G. Marchand +3 more
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Changement d'ampleur de l'exploitation des oiseaux entre le Magdalénien et l'Azilien : l'exemple du Taï 2 (Brome) (Difference in the extent of the exploitation of birds between the Magdalenian and Azilian : the example of Taï 2 (Drome).) [PDF]
Le Tai 2 a livre une avifaune chassee par l'homme, riche en lagopedes {Lagopus mutus et L. lagopus) et concentree dans les niveaux magdaleniens. L'etude de la representation anatomique, de la fracturation, de la fragmentation, et des traces d'outils ...
Aintoine Louchart, René Soave
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The Azilian is generally characterized by a simplification of lithic industries, associated with a regional exploitation of raw materials. The variability of these manifestations is studied here through an analysis of the lithic assemblages of two ...
C. Cheung
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Molecular phylogeny work has shown that tuberculosis is ancient human-adapted infection predating the Neolithic period. They also show that the Upper Paleolithic is a key period of emergence of the MTB complex strains, contemporary with the exit of ...
O. Dutour
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