We provide a critical review of the evidence for the long-term use of marine resources and
coastal environments in human evolution and later development. We emphasise the …

The history of sea level within the Red Sea basin im**es on several areas of research. For
archaeology and prehistory, past sea levels of the southern sector define possible pathways …

Archaeology's main contribution to the debate over the origins of modern humans has been
investigating where and when modern human behavior is first recognized in the …

Although aquatic resources are often seen as central to the development of post-Pleistocene
cultural complexity, most models of human evolution have all but ignored the role of aquatic …

Abstract Excavations at Liang Bua, a large limestone cave on the island of Flores in eastern
Indonesia, have yielded evidence for a population of tiny hominins, sufficiently distinct …

Archaeologists have traditionally considered islands as distinct physical and social entities.
In this book, Paul Rainbird discusses the historical construction of this characterization and …

Abstract Previous excavations at Mata Menge and Boa Lesa in the Soa Basin of Flores,
Indonesia, recovered stone artefacts in association with fossilized remains of the large …

This book provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary overview of human-plant interactions
and their social consequences from the hunter-gatherers of the Palaeolithic Era to the 21st …

Liang Bua 1 (LB1) exhibits marked craniofacial and postcranial asymmetries and other
indicators of abnormal growth and development. Anomalies aside, 140 cranial features …

We examine some long-standing assumptions about the early use of coastlines and marine
resources and their contribution to the pattern of early human dispersal, and focus on the …