Consumers, not Contributors? The Study of the Mesolithic and the Study of Hunter-Gatherers
Open Archaeology, 2022 This article examines the relationship between the archaeology of the Mesolithic and the broader archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers. Bibliographic reviews of articles presented at past MESO conferences and recent high-ranking Mesolithic ...
Elliott Ben, Warren Graeme
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Microlithic variation and the Mesolithic occupations of western India.
PLoS ONE, 2022 Considerable confusion and uncertainty persist on the cultural and chronological contexts of Holocene microlithic assemblages reported from South Asia. The paucity of securely dated sites with microlithic remains has compounded the confusion.
Charusmita Gadekar +3 more
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Collective Computation, Information Flow, and the Emergence of Hunter-Gatherer Small-Worlds
Journal of Social Computing, 2022 Two key features of human sociality are anatomically complex brains with neuron-dense cerebral cortices, and the propensity to form complex social networks with non-kin.
Marcus J. Hamilton
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Characterization of hunter-gatherer networks and implications for cumulative culture
Nature Human Behaviour, 2017 Andrea Bamberg Migliano +13 more
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Hunter-gatherer children in the past: an archaeological review
Journal of anthropology and archaeology, 2021 Theoretical engagement and methodological innovations geared towards identifying the presence and activities of children in archaeological contexts has increased in pace over the last decade.
A. Milks +4 more
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Early and Middle Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Occupations in Western Amazonia: The Hidden Shell Middens [PDF]
, 2013 We report on previously unknown early archaeological sites in the Bolivian lowlands, demonstrating for the first time early and middle Holocene human presence in western Amazonia.
A Plotzki +67 more
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Metabolism And The Rise Of Fungus Cultivation By Ants [PDF]
, 2014 Most ant colonies are comprised of workers that cooperate to harvest resources and feed developing larvae. Around 50 million years ago (MYA), ants of the attine lineage adopted an alternative strategy, harvesting resources used as compost to produce ...
Kaspari, Michael +5 more
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Relatedness within and between Agta residential groups
Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2021 Theoretical models relating to the evolution of human behaviour usually make assumptions about the kinship structure of social groups. Since humans were hunter–gatherers for most of our evolutionary history, data on the composition of contemporary hunter–
Mark Dyble +3 more
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Hunter-Gatherer Studies: The Importance of Context [PDF]
, 2001 Anthropological and behavioral ecological studies of living hunter-gatherers have flourished since the 1960's. Researchers have developed and followed a variety of paradigms, each with its own assumptions and objectives, based on the behavior of hunter ...
STILES, Daniel
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Looking at the Camp: Paleolithic Depiction of a Hunter-Gatherer Campsite. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Landscapes and features of the everyday world were scarcely represented in Paleolithic art, especially those features associated with the human landscape (huts and campsites).
Marcos García-Diez, Manuel Vaquero
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