The zooarchaeology and paleoecology of early hominin scavenging

BL Pobiner - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Questions about the timing, frequency, resource yield, and behavioral and biological
implications of large animal carcass acquisition by early hominins have been a part of the …

Origins of the human predatory pattern: the transition to large-animal exploitation by early hominins

JC Thompson, S Carvalho, CW Marean… - Current …, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
The habitual consumption of large-animal resources (eg, similar sized or larger than the
consumer) separates human and nonhuman primate behavior. Flaked stone tool use …

Fluvial deposits as an archive of early human activity: progress during the 20 years of the Fluvial Archives Group

PR Chauhan, DR Bridgland, MH Moncel… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fluvial sedimentary archives are important repositories for Lower and Middle Palaeolithic
artefacts throughout the 'Old World', especially in Europe, where the beginning of their study …

Artificial intelligence provides greater accuracy in the classification of modern and ancient bone surface modifications

M Domínguez-Rodrigo, G Cifuentes-Alcobendas… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Bone surface modifications are foundational to the correct identification of hominin butchery
traces in the archaeological record. Until present, no analytical technique existed that could …

Hominid butchers and biting crocodiles in the African Plio–Pleistocene

Y Sahle, S El Zaatari, TD White - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Zooarchaeologists have long relied on linear traces and pits found on the surfaces of
ancient bones to infer ancient hominid behaviors such as slicing, chop**, and percussive …

New taphonomic advances in 3D digital microscopy: A morphological characterisation of trampling marks

LA Courtenay, J Yravedra, R Huguet, A Ollé… - Quaternary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The concept of equifinality has become one of the greatest difficulties in the field of
taphonomy However, new advances in technology have diminished the margins of error in …

A hybrid geometric morphometric deep learning approach for cut and trampling mark classification

LA Courtenay, R Huguet, D González-Aguilera… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Cut mark identification and analysis is a fundamental component for
archaeological investigation. Cut mark analysis, however, has been the root of great …

Automated identification and deep classification of cut marks on bones and its paleoanthropological implications

W Byeon, M Dominguez-Rodrigo, G Arampatzis… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The identification of cut marks and other bone surface modifications (BSM) provides
evidence for the emergence of meat-eating in human evolution. This most crucial part of …

Life and death at Dmanisi, Georgia: Taphonomic signals from the fossil mammals

M Tappen, M Bukhsianidze, R Ferring, R Coil… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are many hypotheses regarding influences on the early hominin biogeographic
spread into Eurasia; among them is increased meat-eating. Dmanisi in Georgia is one of the …

Deep classification of cut-marks on bones from Arroyo del Vizcaíno (Uruguay)

M Domínguez-Rodrigo… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The earliest widely accepted presence of humans in America dates to approximately 17.5
cal kyr BP, at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Among other evidence, this …