On the performance of birch tar made with different techniques
Heritage Science, 2021 Birch tar is one of the oldest adhesives known in human history. Its production has been discussed in the framework of early complex behaviours and sophisticated cognitive capacities. The precise production method used in the Palaeolithic remains unknown
Patrick Schmidt +3 more
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Generalized synchronization in discrete maps. New point of view on weak and strong synchronization
, 2013 In the present Letter we show that the concept of the generalized synchronization regime in discrete maps needs refining in the same way as it has been done for the flow systems [PRE, 84 (2011) 037201].
Hramov, Alexander E. +3 more
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Testing the human factor: Radiocarbon dating the first peoples of the South Pacific [PDF]
, 2010 Archaeologists have long debated the origins and mode of dispersal of the immediate predecessors of all Polynesians and many populations in Island Melanesia.
Anderson, Kathy +6 more
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Animals, 2022 Pests appear to have accompanied humans and their crops since the beginning of farming. Nevertheless, their study is only rarely integrated into research on farming in prehistory.
Simone Häberle +9 more
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Apes, lice and prehistory [PDF]
Journal of Biology, 2009 Although most epidemic human infectious diseases are caused by recently introduced pathogens, cospeciation of parasite and host is commonplace for endemic infections. Occasional host infidelity, however, provides the endemic parasite with an opportunity to survive the potential extinction of its host.
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Mesa Redonda Complex (Villaverde del Río, Seville): a tell above the Lower Guadalquivir Valley
Trabajos de PrehistoriaThe archaeological site of Mesa Redonda (Villaverde del Río, Seville) was the subject of archaeological research at the end of the 1970s, and only recently has new research been carried out.
Marta Diaz-Zorita Bonilla +7 more
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Elemental, isotopic, and geochronological variability in Mogollon-Datil volcanic province archaeological obsidian, southwestern USA: Solving issues of intersource discrimination [PDF]
, 2017 Solving issues of intersource discrimination in archaeological obsidian is a recurring problem in geoarchaeological investigation, particularly since the number of known sources of archaeological obsidian worldwide has grown nearly exponentially in the ...
Morgan, L, Pyle, D, Shackley, MS
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Timing the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in the Iberian Peninsula: The Radiocarbon Dataset
Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 2019 In this paper, we describe the radiocarbon dataset compiled in the context of the project HAR2015-68962 EVOLPAST: 'Dinámicas evolutivas y patrones de variabilidad cultural de los últimos cazadores-recolectores y el primer Neolítico en el este peninsular (
Salvador Pardo-Gordó +3 more
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Naïve, adult, captive chimpanzees do not socially learn how to make and use sharp stone tools
Scientific Reports, 2023 Although once regarded as a unique human feature, tool-use is widespread in the animal kingdom. Some of the most proficient tool-users are our closest living relatives, chimpanzees.
Elisa Bandini, Claudio Tennie
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Autism, the Integrations of 'Difference' and the Origins of Modern Human Behaviour [PDF]
, 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
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