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Is palaeoanthropology being built on scientific foundations? [PDF]
The comparative method in palaeoanthropology has been predominant over the hypothesis-testing scientific method. Multiple interpretations over the same phenomena commonly co-exist given the relaxation of demarcation criteria. The contingent nature of non-
Alcalá, Luis, Domíngez-Rodrigo, Manuel
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Advances in ArchaeomaterialsThis study utilises pottery as a proxy to identify patterns of use and consumption, as well as depositional strategies at Agriomernos, a recently discovered cave site on Samos Island (Greece).
Sergios Menelaou +5 more
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Palaeoanthropology and the Evolutionary Place of Humans in Nature [PDF]
, 2005 Palaeoanthropology, the study of the fossil evidence for human evolution, remains a highly contested field. New discoveries are continuously being used to promote alternative models as well as to propose new candidates for our ultimate ancestor.
Willoughby, Pamela R. +1 more
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Forty years on and still going strong: the use of hominin-cercopithecid comparisons in palaeoanthropology [PDF]
, 2006 Hominin-cercopithecid comparisons have been used in palaeoanthropology for over forty years. Fossil cercopithecids can be used as a ‘control group’ to contextualize the adaptations and evolutionary trends of hominins.
Sarah Elton, Elton, S.
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Molar proportions, endocranial volume, and insular nanism in fossil Homo
Annals of Human BiologyBackground Recent fossil discoveries have emphasised the diversification of brain and body size in Plio-Pleistocene fossil hominids.1 Homo floresiensis has been described as having brain and body size smaller than any living humans, and the Homo ...
Tesla A. Monson +2 more
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Topography of the mandibular canal in male human skulls originating from different time periods
Folia MorphologicaBACKGROUND: Dynamic advances in dentistry, especially in implantology has inspired researchers to carry out many studies investigating the topography of the mandibular canal and its ethnic differences.
Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Sroka +4 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Neandertals are known to possess very distinctive traits in their bony labyrinth morphology, such as an inferiorly positioned posterior canal and a very low number of turns in the cochlea. Hence, the inner ear has been often used to assess the Neandertal status of fragmentary fossils.
Alessandro Urciuoli +6 more
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L’archéologie et son enseignement au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2019 This presentation emphasizes the particularities of the French Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle: an important volume of research, including the human and social sciences; port of a Master degree and of a PhD School.
Jean-Denis Vigne
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The Upper Cretaceous São José do Rio Preto Formation (Bauru Group, southeastern Brazil) has yielded a fragmentary but taxonomically diverse record of titanosaur sauropods, although elements from cervical series remain scarce. Here, we describe a nearly complete sauropod axis from the Vila Ventura Paleontological Area, representing an uncommon ...
Bruno A. Navarro +7 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Tyrannosaurus is viewed as a model organism in vertebrate paleontology, with numerous studies analyzing its feeding biomechanics. Nonetheless, the evolution of this feeding performance has been under‐addressed in Tyrannosauroidea, especially in basal tyrannosauroids. Here we used muscle‐force reconstruction and finite element analysis (FEA) to
Evan Johnson‐Ransom +4 more
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