Fire for a reason: Barbecue at middle Pleistocene Qesem cave, Israel

R Barkai, J Rosell, R Blasco… - Current …, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Qesem Cave is a Middle Pleistocene site in Israel occupied between 420 and 200 ka.
Excavations have revealed a wealth of innovative behaviors most likely practiced by a new …

Past extinctions of Homo species coincided with increased vulnerability to climatic change

P Raia, A Mondanaro, M Melchionna, M Di Febbraro… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
At least six different Homo species populated the World during the latest Pliocene to the
Pleistocene. The extinction of all but one of them is currently shrouded in mystery, and no …

A scraper's life history: Morpho-techno-functional and use-wear analysis of Quina and demi-Quina scrapers from Qesem Cave, Israel

C Lemorini, L Bourguignon, A Zupancich… - Quaternary …, 2016 - Elsevier
A sample of Quina and demi-Quina scrapers from the Yabrudian levels at Qesem Cave has
been studied through an integrated approach, combining techno-morpho-functional and use …

What happens around a fire: faunal processing sequences and spatial distribution at Qesem Cave (300 ka), Israel

R Blasco, J Rosell, P Sanudo, A Gopher… - Quaternary International, 2016 - Elsevier
The technological innovation involving the controlled use of fire represents a decisive
change in human subsistence. Hearths and the spatial distribution patterns associated with …

Recycling for a purpose in the late Lower Paleolithic Levant: Use-wear and residue analyses of small sharp flint items indicate a planned and integrated subsistence …

F Venditti, S Nunziante-Cesaro, Y Parush… - Journal of human …, 2019 - Elsevier
The purposeful production of small flakes is integral to the lithic variability of many Middle
Pleistocene sites. Inhabitants of the Acheulo-Yabrudian site of Qesem Cave, Israel …

Subspheroids in the lithic assemblage of Barranco León (Spain): Recognizing the late Oldowan in Europe

S Titton, D Barsky, A Bargalló, A Serrano-Ramos… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The lithic assemblage of Barranco León (BL), attributed to the Oldowan techno-complex,
contributes valuable information to reconstruct behavioral patterning of the first hominins to …

[图书][B] Climate, clothing, and agriculture in prehistory: Linking evidence, causes, and effects

I Gilligan - 2019 - books.google.com
What separates us from nature?--A wider view--When agriculture once made sense--Time to
forget about food, and remember naked people--An unusual evolutionary history--Natural …

[HTML][HTML] Shaped stone balls were used for bone marrow extraction at Lower Paleolithic Qesem Cave, Israel

E Assaf, I Caricola, A Gopher, J Rosell, R Blasco… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The presence of shaped stone balls at early Paleolithic sites has attracted scholarly attention
since the pioneering work of the Leakeys in Olduvai, Tanzania. Despite the persistent …

Revising the hypodigm of Homo heidelbergensis: A view from the Eastern Mediterranean

M Roksandic, P Radović, J Lindal - Quaternary International, 2018 - Elsevier
The hominin mandible BH-1 from the Middle Pleistocene cave of Mala Balanica suggested
the possibility that human populations in this part of the continent were not subject to the …

The origin of the Homo sapiens lineage: When and where?

JMB de Castro, M Martinón-Torres - Quaternary International, 2022 - Elsevier
It is often assumed that both our species and the last common ancestor (LCA) of
Neanderthals and modern humans originated in Africa, with all Eurasian Pleistocene …