Towards a theory of modern human origins: geography, demography, and diversity in recent human evolution

M Mirazón Lahr, RA Foley - American Journal of Physical …, 1998‏ - Wiley Online Library
The origins of modern humans have been the central debate in palaeoanthropology during
the last decade. We examine the problem in the context of the history of anthropology, the …

Early and Middle Pleistocene faunal and hominins dispersals through Southwestern Asia

O Bar-Yosef, M Belmaker - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2011‏ - Elsevier
This review summarizes the paleoecology of the Early and Middle Pleistocene of
southwestern Asia, based on both flora and fauna, retrieved from a series of 'windows' …

[کتاب][B] Stone tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A guide

JJ Shea - 2013‏ - books.google.com
" Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for
the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from …

From Africa to Eurasia—early dispersals

O Bar-Yosef, A Belfer-Cohen - Quaternary International, 2001‏ - Elsevier
The dispersals of early hominins in the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene into Eurasia were
essentially sporadic. Little geographic and temporal continuity is observed between the …

[کتاب][B] The lithic assemblages of Qafzeh Cave

E Hovers - 2009‏ - books.google.com
This book presents the first comprehensive description of the lithic assemblages from
Qafzeh Cave, one of only two Middle Paleolithic sites in the Levant that has yielded multiple …

[کتاب][B] Stone tools in human evolution: behavioral differences among technological primates

JJ Shea - 2016‏ - books.google.com
In Stone Tools in Human Evolution, John J. Shea argues that over the last three million
years hominins' technological strategies shifted from occasional tool use, much like that …

The lower paleolithic of the Near East

O Bar-Yosef - Journal of World Prehistory, 1994‏ - Springer
Abstract The Near East forms the geographic crossroads between Africa, Asia and Europe
and was certainly a main route for the dispersal of Homo erectus into Eurasia. The study of …

A new look at the Berekhat Ram figurine: implications for the origins of symbolism

F d'Errico, A Nowell - Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2000‏ - cambridge.org
This article addresses the nature of the evidence for symbolling behaviour among hominids
living in the Near East during the Middle and Upper Pleistocene. Traditionally, Palaeolithic …

Fat residue and use-wear found on Acheulian biface and scraper associated with butchered elephant remains at the site of Revadim, Israel

N Solodenko, A Zupancich, SN Cesaro, O Marder… - PloS one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
The archaeological record indicates that elephants must have played a significant role in
early human diet and culture during Palaeolithic times in the Old World. However, the nature …

Going big versus going small: Lithic miniaturization in hominin lithic technology

J Pargeter, JJ Shea - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Lithic miniaturization was one of our Pleistocene ancestors' more pervasive stone tool
production strategies and it marks a key difference between human and non‐human tool …