[HTML][HTML] The revolution that still isn't: The origins of behavioral complexity in Homo sapiens

EML Scerri, M Will - Journal of Human Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
The behavioral origins of Homo sapiens can be traced back to the first material culture
produced by our species in Africa, the Middle Stone Age (MSA). Beyond this broad …

[PDF][PDF] Early Personal Ornaments---A Review of Shells as Personal Ornamentation during the African Middle Stone Age

TE Steele, E Álvarez-Fernandez… - …, 2019 - theologie-geschichte.de
ABSTRACT A number of Middle Stone Age (MSA) assemblages in northern Africa, as well
as a few in South Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, preserve small mollusk shells, most …

The Southern African stone age sequence updated (II)

M Lombard, J Bradfield, MV Caruana… - The South African …, 2022 - JSTOR
A decade ago, we summarised the South African and Lesotho Stone Age technocomplex
sequence as a heuristic exercise, anchored in 242 dated assemblages (Lombard et al …

The late Cenozoic history of the ostriches (Aves: Struthionidae), as revealed by fossil eggshell and bone remains

KE Mikhailov, N Zelenkov - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Ostriches (Struthionidae) are iconic Old-World giant flightless birds. The two living
African species represent only a small part of ancient struthionid diversity, which comprises …

Innovative Homo sapiens behaviours 105,000 years ago in a wetter Kalahari

J Wilkins, BJ Schoville, R Pickering, L Gliganic… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The archaeological record of Africa provides the earliest evidence for the emergence of the
complex symbolic and technological behaviours that characterize Homo sapiens,,,,,–. The …

Environmental influences on human innovation and behavioural diversity in southern Africa 92–80 thousand years ago

A Mackay, SJ Armitage, EM Niespolo… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Africa's Middle Stone Age preserves sporadic evidence for novel behaviours
among early modern humans, prompting a range of questions about the influence of social …

Human occupation of the semi-arid grasslands of South Africa during MIS 4: New archaeological and paleoecological evidence from Lovedale, Free State

K Wroth, C Tribolo, CB Bousman, LK Horwitz… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 and 4 are periods of major cultural innovations in the
Middle Stone Age (MSA) of southern Africa. While extensive data is available for the coast …

Nubian Levallois reduction strategies in the Tankwa Karoo, South Africa

E Hallinan, M Shaw - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The Middle Stone Age record in southern Africa is recognising increasing diversity in lithic
technologies as research expands beyond the coastal-montane zone. New research in the …

Low-cost efficient magnetic adsorbent for phosphorus removal from water

L Zhang, H Dan, OT Bukasa, L Song, Y Liu, L Wang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Adsorption using magnetic adsorbents makes the phosphorus removal from water simple
and efficient. However, most of the reported magnetic adsorbents use chemically …

The Middle Stone Age sequence at Klipfonteinrand 1 (KFR1), Western Cape, South Africa

A Mackay, RBK Saktura, CA O'Driscoll… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2023 - Springer
The rock shelter site Klipfonteinrand 1 (KFR1), located on the edge of southern Africa's
Fynbos biome, was initially excavated by John Parkington in 1969. Due to difficulties …