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Autism, the Integrations of 'Difference' and the Origins of Modern Human Behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

The Early Upper Palaeolithic in British caves: problems and potential Le Paléolithique supérieur ancien dans les grottes de Grande‐Bretagne : problèmes et potentiels

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent years have seen landmark progress in our understanding of early Homo sapiens occupation of Europe, owing to new excavations and the application of new analytical methods. Research on British sites, however, continues to lag. This is because of limitations inherent in existing cave collections, and limited options for new fieldwork at known sites.
Robert Dinnis
wiley   +1 more source

The three waves: Rethinking the structure of the first Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
The Neronian is a lithic tradition recognized in the Middle Rhône Valley of Mediterranean France now directly linked to Homo sapiens and securely dated to 54,000 years ago (ka), pushing back the arrival of modern humans in Europe by 10 ka. This incursion
Ludovic Slimak
doaj   +1 more source

Technological innovations at the onset of the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition in high-latitude East Asia

open access: yes, 2020
The interplay between Pleistocene climatic variability and hominin adaptations to diverse terrestrial ecosystems is a key topic in human evolutionary studies.
Deng, C.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Hunting lesions caused by osseous projectile points: experimental results and archaeological implications. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
International audienceThe identification of projectile impact traces on archaeological faunal remains is an important issue for understanding prehistoric hunting behavior, especially in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic.
Claire Letourneux   +2 more
core   +5 more sources

Complexity in the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition in Peninsular Southern Europe and application of refugium concepts

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, 2021
During the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the Balkan, Italian and Iberian peninsulas of southern Europe, late Neanderthal and early Anatomically Modern Human (AMH) populations may have overlapped in some capacity.
M. Carvalho, N. Bicho
semanticscholar   +1 more source

125 years of exploration and research at Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK) 125 ans d'exploration et de recherches à Gough's Cave (Somerset, Royaume‐Uni)

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our understanding of the recolonization of northwest Europe in the period leading up to the Lateglacial Interstadial relies heavily on discoveries from Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK). Gough's Cave is the richest Late Upper Palaeolithic site in the British Isles, yielding an exceptional array of human remains, stone and organic artefacts, and butchered ...
Silvia M. Bello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition occupations from Cova Foradada (Calafell, NE Iberia).

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
The Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition in Europe covers the last millennia of Neanderthal life together with the appearance and expansion of Modern Human populations.
Juan I Morales   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Workshop Site of Kusimovo-6 — a Middle Paleolithic Monument in the Southern Transurals

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2020
In 2019, the workshop site of Kusimovo-6 in Abzelilovsky District of Bashkortostan (Russia) was discovered and explored on a large area. A collection of Middle Paleolithic artifacts numbering over 2 thousand was obtained. Goals. The work attempts at an
Vyacheslav G. Kotov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ontological polyglossia: the art of communicating in opacity* Polyglossie ontologique : l'art de communiquer dans l'opacité

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What do communicating with a baby, with an animal, and with an ancestor have in common? In all three cases, people engage in opaque communication that is far from the standard psycholinguistic model of transparent interaction based on shared intentionality.
Charles Stépanoff
wiley   +1 more source

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