Hypothèses sur l’origine et la diffusion du complexe rituel du tlacaxipehualiztli
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2008 Hypothesis about origins and diffusion of the ritual process of tlacaxipehualiztli. This article tries to document similarities between rituals practised mostly by hunter-gatherers of the North of Middle America and one of the most famous Aztec ritual ...
Anne-Marie Vié-Wohrer
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Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans [PDF]
, 2014 We sequenced the genomes of a 7,000-year-old farmer from Germany and eight 8,000-year-old hunter-gatherers from Luxembourg and Sweden. We analysed these and other ancient genomes¹-₄ with 2,345 contemporary humans to show that most present-day Europeans ...
Churnosov, M. I. +4 more
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Two Mesolithic burials from Khor Shambat, Sudan [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the MediterraneanThe site of Khor Shambat 1 (KSH1) is located on the west bank of the Nile, in Omdurman, approximately 5 km north of Tuti Island. The first surveys there started in 2012, to be followed by an expedition of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology ...
Maciej Jórdeczka +1 more
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Historical Linguistics and Philippine Hunter-Gatherers [PDF]
, 2007 This paper addresses several topics with reference to Philippine hunter-gatherer groups that are relevant to an understanding of their relationships with non-hunter-gatherer groups and their significance for historical linguistics.
Reid, Lawrence A.
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Hunter-gatherers and farmers: neighbours in north-eastern Kuiavia, Poland
Documenta Praehistorica, 2003 The aim of this paper is to discuss the new discoveries made in the Tążyna-Parchania valley, in north-eastern Kuiavia, Poland. These discoveries put into a new light the problem of contacts between hunter-gatherers and farmers from the Polish Lowland.
Lucyna Domanska
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Power in Cultural Evolution and the Spread of Prosocial Norms [PDF]
, 2018 According to cultural evolutionary theory in the tradition of Boyd and Richerson, cultural evolution is driven by individuals' learning biases, natural selection, and random forces.
Cofnas, Nathan
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The origins of governments: from anarchy to hierarchy [PDF]
, 2010 We analyze development trajectories of early civilizations where population size and technology are endogenous, and derive conditions under which such societies optimally ‘switch’ from anarchy to hierarchy – when it is optimal to elect and support a ...
Baker, M.J., Bulte, E.H., Weisdorf, J.
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Human Processing of Rodents in Patagonia: The Relevance of Historical and Ethnographical Data for Archaeological Interpretations [PDF]
, 2019 The consumption of small mammals was a widespread practice between indigenous societies worldwide. Modern taphonomic studies carried out upon bone assemblages from archaeological sites in northern Patagonia (Argentina) demonstrate thatCaviomorph rodents ...
Andrade, Analia
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Human neuromaturation, juvenile extreme energy liability, and adult cognition/cooperation [PDF]
, 2012 Human childhood and adolescence is the period in which adult cognitive competences (including those that create the unique cooperativeness of humans) are acquired.
John Skoyles
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Paleoamerican diet, migration and morphology in Brazil [PDF]
, 2011 During the early Holocene two main paleoamerican cultures thrived in Brazil: the Tradição Nordeste in the semi-desertic Sertão and the Tradição Itaparica in the high plains of the Planalto Central.
Eggers, Sabine +3 more
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