Straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) were the largest terrestrial mammals of
the Pleistocene, present in Eurasian landscapes between 800,000 and 100,000 years ago …

The human trophic level (HTL) during the Pleistocene and its degree of variability serve,
explicitly or tacitly, as the basis of many explanations for human evolution, behavior, and …

The archaeological site of Notarchirico, chronologically placed at the end of MIS 17 and MIS
16 (675-610 ka), is a key site for studying Acheulean technology in southern Europe and …

The density, or specific gravity (SG), of organisms has numerous important implications for
their form, function, ecology, and other facets of beings living and dead, and it is especially …

The use of bone as raw material for implements is documented since the Early Pleistocene.
Throughout the Early and Middle Pleistocene bone tool sha** was done by percussion …

Abstract The Latium area in Italy has yielded rich evidence of Lower Paleolithic sites with
both faunal remains, artefacts, and human fossil remains, such as the Ceprano human skull …

Percussion marks have been studied in the field of archaeology for more than a century.
Researchers have identified, characterized and analysed them in order to distinguish them …

The presence of shaped stone balls at early Paleolithic sites has attracted scholarly attention
since the pioneering work of the Leakeys in Olduvai, Tanzania. Despite the persistent …

Drawing upon invasion biology and the latest archaeological, skeletal and environment
evidence, From Arabia to the Pacific documents the migration of humans into Asia, and …

Human dependency on stone has its origins in Lower Paleolithic times, and some of the
most primordial elements in human-stone relationships are rooted in those early days. In this …