[HTML][HTML] Quaternary time scales for the Pontocaspian domain: Interbasinal connectivity and faunal evolution

W Krijgsman, A Tesakov, T Yanina, S Lazarev… - Earth-Science …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Pontocaspian (Black Sea-Caspian Sea) region has a very dynamic history of
basin development and biotic evolution. The region is the remnant of a once vast Paratethys …

Natural history of Homo erectus

SC Antón - American Journal of Physical Anthropology: The …, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
Our view of H. erectus is vastly different today than when Pithecanthropus erectus was
described in 1894. Since its synonimization into Homo, views of the species and its …

An earlier origin for the Acheulian

CJ Lepre, H Roche, DV Kent, S Harmand, RL Quinn… - Nature, 2011‏ - nature.com
The Acheulian is one of the first defined prehistoric techno-complexes and is characterized
by shaped bifacial stone tools,,. It probably originated in Africa, spreading to Europe and …

From hand to mouth: The origins of language

MC Corballis - From Hand to Mouth, 2020‏ - degruyter.com
It is often said that speech is what distinguishes us from other animals. But are we all talk?
What if language was bequeathed to us not by word of mouth, but as a hand-me-down?The …

Earliest Prepared core technology in Eurasia from Nihewan (China): Implications for early human abilities and dispersals in East Asia

DD Ma, SW Pei, F **e, Z Ye, FG Wang, JY Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024‏ - pnas.org
Organized flaking techniques to obtain predetermined stone tools have been traced back to
the early Acheulean (also known as mode 2) in Africa and are seen as indicative of the …

[کتاب][B] Practical and theoretical geoarchaeology

P Goldberg, RI Macphail, C Carey, Y Zhuang - 2022‏ - books.google.com
Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology, Second Edition, provides an invaluable and
vastly updated overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of …

Evidence of hominin control of fire at Gesher Benot Yaaqov, Israel

N Goren-Inbar, N Alperson, ME Kislev, O Simchoni… - Science, 2004‏ - science.org
The presence of burned seeds, wood, and flint at the Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Yaaqov
in Israel is suggestive of the control of fire by humans nearly 790,000 years ago. The …

Early Pleistocene presence of Acheulian hominins in south India

S Pappu, Y Gunnell, K Akhilesh, R Braucher, M Taieb… - science, 2011‏ - science.org
South Asia is rich in Lower Paleolithic Acheulian sites. These have been attributed to the
Middle Pleistocene on the basis of a small number of dates, with a few older but disputed …

The origin and spread of olive cultivation in the Mediterranean Basin: The fossil pollen evidence

D Langgut, R Cheddadi, JS Carrión… - The …, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Olive (Olea europaea L.) was one of the most important fruit trees in the ancient
Mediterranean region and a founder species of horticulture in the Mediterranean Basin …

Brain size and encephalization in early to Mid‐Pleistocene Homo

GP Rightmire - … Journal of Physical Anthropology: The Official …, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
Important changes in the brain have occurred during the course of human evolution. Both
absolute and relative size increases can be documented for species of Homo, culminating in …