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Reading hominin life history in fossil bones and teeth: methods to test hypotheses regarding its evolution

open access: yesBiological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1463-1478, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Human life history is derived compared to that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. It has been suggested that these derived traits are causally related to aspects of our ecology, social behaviour and cognitive abilities. However, resolving this requires that we know the evolutionary trajectory of our distinctive pattern of growth,
Paola Cerrito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Humans and mammals in the Upper Palaeolithic of Russia

open access: yes, 2017
This chapter focuses on the mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) and large canid (wolf (Canis lupus) and/or dog (Canis familiaris)) assemblages recorded at Upper Palaeolithic sites from the Russian Plain and Siberia.
Mietje Germonpré, Mikhail Sablin
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What Is the Acheulean?

open access: yesEvolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 35, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Acheulean represents the longest cultural period known to human history, lasting globally for more than 1.75 million years. It may have emerged as early as 1.95 Ma in Africa, spreading throughout much of the continent and then into Eurasia and lasting up to 350–200 ka in western Europe and South Asia, and even later in eastern Asia ...
Marie‐Helene Moncel   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hunters of the Golden Age: The Mid Upper Palaeolithic of Eurasia, 30,000 - 20,000 BP

open access: yes, 2000
The period 30,000 to 20,000 BP can be aptly called the 'Golden Age' of hunter gatherers for a variety of reasons, spelled out in great detail by the 37 contributors to this impressive volume. In this period we find the first unambiguous burials after the
Mussi, Margherita   +4 more
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In Search of the Lost Brown Trout (Salmo trutta Complex) Using DNA of Ancient and Modern Samples From the Southern Italian Peninsula

open access: yesEvolutionary Applications, Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The current diversity and distribution of species and populations have been shaped by the major climatic oscillations during the Quaternary. The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a striking example of the strong effect of past climate changes on the evolutionary history of species, in fact, the alternation of glacial/interglacial cycles has led to
Tatiana Fioravanti   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Textilele preistorice - coordonate în timp ale vieţii umane (1)

open access: yesArheologia Moldovei, 2016
Prehistoric Textiles - Chronological Indicators of Human Life (1) Textiles, due to their universality, are an important reference in studying the evolution of the various civilizations.
Carmen Marian
doaj   +1 more source

The Great Fossil Mine of the southern North Sea: exploring the potential of submerged Palaeolithic archaeology

open access: yes, 2014
This research explores the potential of the submerged Palaeolithic archaeology of the southern North Sea for answering questions about how hominins occupied and adapted within their environments in these northerly latitudes throughout the Pleistocene ...
Bynoe, Rachel
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An Upper Palaeolithic Flint and Chert Assemblage from Howburn Farm, South Lanarkshire, Scotland: First results

open access: yes, 2010
This paper describes the discovery of the first open-air Upper Palaeolithic site to be found in Scotland, at Howburn, near Biggar in South Lanarkshire. An account is given of the composition and distribution of the lithic assemblage, which is discussed ...
Tipping, R   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Deeper Insights Into the Lithic Raw Materials on the Iranian Plateau: West-Central Zagros Mountains [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies
Recent prehistoric research, which involved surveys and excavations in the Kermanshah Region, has focusedon understanding the nature and timing of the Middle Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic transition.
Nemat Hariri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A New Look at the End of the Middle Palaeolithic Sequence in Southwestern France

open access: yes, 2011
International audienceIn the south west of France the majority of research concerning the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition tends to focus upon the Chatelperronian and Aurignacian at the expense of the end of the Middle Palaeolithic.
Bordes, Jean-Guillaume   +3 more
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