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The conquest of the dark spaces: An experimental approach to lighting systems in Paleolithic caves.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Artificial lighting was a crucial physical resource for expanding complex social and economic behavior in Paleolithic groups. Furthermore, the control of fire allowed the development of the first symbolic behavior in deep caves, around 176 ky BP.
Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide, Diego Garate, Iñaki Intxaurbe, José L Sanchidrián, Olivia Rivero, Catherine Ferrier, Mª Dolores Mesa, Jaime Pereña, Iñaki Líbano   +8 more
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Shirataki obsidian exploitation and circulation in prehistoric northern Japan

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2014
Presently, the total number of archaeological obsidian sources in Japan is more than 80, and among them, 21 are in Hokkaido, northern part of the Japanese archipelago (Izuho and Sato 2007).
Miyuki Yakushige, Hiroyuki Sato
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Intra-assemblage variation in the macro-blade assemblage from the 1963 excavation at Shuidonggou locality 1, northern China, in the context of regional variation.

PLoS ONE, 2020
The emergence of the Upper Paleolithic and regional variability in early Upper Paleolithic industries are prominent topics in Paleolithic archaeology, with special relevance to the dispersal and differentiation of early modern human cultures across ...
Feng Li, Steven L Kuhn, Fu-You Chen, Xing Gao   +3 more
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Pleistocene hominins as a resource for carnivores. A c. 500,000-year-old human femur bearing tooth-marks in North Africa (Thomas Quarry I, Morocco) [PDF]

, 2016
In many Middle Pleistocene sites, the co-occurrence of hominins with carnivores, who both contributed to faunal accumulations, suggests competition for resources as well as for living spaces.
Abderrahim, Mohib, Camille, Daujeard, David, Lefèvre, Denis, Geraads, Gallotti, Rosalia, Jean Jacques, Hublin, Jean Paul, Raynal   +6 more
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Occupation and management of Bergerac territory between 250 and 35 Kans: testing a techno-economic overview

Gallia Préhistoire, 2023
. In this work, we propose to examine human activities from 72 occupations within a well-defined territory, the Bergeracois, during the Pleistocene between 250 and 35 ka. The study is based on bibliographical data stemming from programmed excavations and
Illuminada Ortega †, Laurence Bourguignon, Émilie Claud, Emmanuelle Vieillevigne, Joseba Rios-Garaizar, Mickaël Baillet, Michel Brenet, Mila Folgado Lopez, Farid Sellami, Christelle Lahaye   +9 more
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Behavioral Modernity and the Cultural Transmission of Structured Information: The Semantic Axelrod Model

, 2014
Cultural transmission models are coming to the fore in explaining increases in the Paleolithic toolkit richness and diversity. During the later Paleolithic, technologies increase not only in terms of diversity but also in their complexity and ...
A Bouzouggar, A Högberg, A Mesoudi, BD MacArthur, BD McKay, C Castellano, C Castellano, CD Godsil, D Smilkov, D Stout, D Stout, DB Bamforth, F d’Errico, F d’Errico, G Csibra, GB Tostevin, H Neff, H Terashima, J Eerkens, J González-Avella, J González-Avella, J Henrich, JC González-Avella, JC González-Avella, JR Ferguson, K Aoki, K Aoki, K Klemm, K Klemm, K Klemm, K Sterelny, L Castro, L Fogarty, L Premo, L Sanctis De, LG Straus, M Collard, M Collard, M Collard, M Collard, M Derex, M Kempe, M Muthukrishna, M O’Brien, MB Schiffer, MJ O’Brien, MW Moore, N Creanza, N Lanchier, O Bar-Yosef, P Bleed, P Bleed, P Bleed, P Moran, P Villa, R Axelrod, R Otter, RC Dunnell, RC Schank, RG Klein, S Kuhn, S McBrearty, S McBrearty, S Shennan, S Shennan, W Nakahashi, WC Wimsatt, WC Wimsatt, Y Nishiaki   +68 more
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Working memory and working attention: What could possibly evolve? [PDF]

, 2010
The concept of “working” memory is traceable back to nineteenth century theorists (Baldwin, 1894; James 1890) but the term itself was not used until the mid-twentieth century (Miller, Galanter & Pribram, 1960).
Beaman, Charles Philip
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Stone tool use as an adaptive technology: A meta-analysis of functional estimates on use-wear traces from early, middle, and late Upper Paleolithic industries in the northeastern Japanese Archipelago

Quaternary Environments and Humans
Since the 1980s, the development of experimental traceological studies has enabled archaeologists to estimate the intended use of Paleolithic stone tools whose functions were unclear.
Akira Iwase
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Occupation et gestion du territoire bergeracois entre 250 et 35 kA : essai de synthèse techno-économique

Gallia Préhistoire, 2022
. In this work, we propose to examine human activities from 72 occupations within a well-defined territory, the Bergeracois, during the Pleistocene between 250 kyr and 35 kyr.
Illuminada Ortega †, Laurence Bourguignon, Émilie Claud, Emmanuelle Vieillevigne, Joseba Rios-Garaizar, Mickaël Baillet, Michel Brenet, Mila Folgado Lopez, Farid Sellami, Christelle Lahaye   +9 more
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Two Acheuleans, two humankinds. From 1.5 to 0.85 Ma at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopian highlands) [PDF]

, 2017
The Acheulean is the longest-lasting human cultural record, spanning approximately 1.5 Ma and three continents. The most comprehensive sequences are found in East Africa, where, in large-scale syntheses, the Lower Pleistocene Acheulean (LPA) has often ...
Gallotti, Rosalia, Mussi, Margherita
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