Pattern of extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia. [PDF]
Extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia has long been subject to research and speculation. Here we use a new geo-referenced database of radiocarbon-dated evidence to show that mammoths were abundant in the open-habitat of Marine Isotope Stage 3 (∼45-
Beilman, DW +7 more
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Animal residues found on tiny Lower Paleolithic tools reveal their use in butchery [PDF]
Stone tools provide a unique window into the mode of adaptation and cognitive abilities of Lower Paleolithic early humans. The persistently produced large cutting tools (bifaces/handaxes) have long been an appealing focus of research in the ...
Agam, Aviad +5 more
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THE SURROUNDINGS AND THE AGE OF THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC SITE ON SUSAK ISLAND [PDF]
Our study investigates the paleoenvironmental conditions of an Upper Paleolithic site found in the excavation of the North Adriatic Susak Island. Our research explores the range of the loess and loesslike sediments deposited on rudist limestone which is
FERENC SCHWEITZER, ÉVA KIS
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Human brain evolution and the "Neuroevolutionary Time-depth Principle:" Implications for the Reclassification of fear-circuitry-related traits in DSM-V and for studying resilience to warzone-related posttraumatic stress disorder. [PDF]
The DSM-III, DSM-IV, DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 have judiciously minimized discussion of etiologies to distance clinical psychiatry from Freudian psychoanalysis.
Bracha, Dr. H. Stefan
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Tosor and Ak-Ölön Sites, a Review of Two Open-Air Palaeolithic Sites in the High-Altitude Basin of Issyk-Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan [PDF]
This short review examines early Paleolithic research in Kyrgyzstan, a previously understudied region withinCentral Asia. Paleolithic investigations in Kyrgyzstan began in 1953 during the Soviet era by the Kyrgyz RepublicAcademy of Sciences.
Nezahat Ceylan, Oktay Karatas
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Paleolithic of the Kazan Volga Region: research history and new data
Main stages of the search for Paleolithic sites on the territory of the Kazan Volga region from the second half of the XIX century to the current moment are presented in the paper.
Madina Sh. Galimova
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Early evidence of stone tool use in bone working activities at Qesem Cave, Israel [PDF]
For a long while, the controversy surrounding several bone tools coming from pre-Upper Palaeolithic contexts favoured the view of Homo sapiens as the only species of the genus Homo capable of modifying animal bones into specialised tools.
Barkai, Ran +8 more
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The emerging consensus that the emergence of modern humans in the northwestern Old World involved temporally and geographically varying degrees of admixture between Neandertals and early modern humans within the early Upper Paleolithic provides the ...
Erik Trinkaus
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Pleistocene hunter-gatherer coastal adaptations in Atlantic Iberia
Coastal prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Atlantic Iberia were particularly important to understanding Paleolithic human innovation and resilience. This study will focus on Middle and Upper Paleolithic adaptations to the Iberian Atlantic border.
Nuno Bicho, Eduardo Esteves
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Mitochondrial DNA analysis of eneolithic trypillians from Ukraine reveals neolithic farming genetic roots [PDF]
The agricultural revolution in Eastern Europe began in the Eneolithic with the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture complex. In Ukraine, the Trypillian culture (TC) existed for over two millennia (ca. 5,400–2,700 BCE) and left a wealth of artifacts.
Lillie, Malcolm +7 more
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