Hybridization in human evolution: Insights from other organisms

RR Ackermann, ML Arnold, MD Baiz… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
During the late Pleistocene, isolated lineages of hominins exchanged genes thus
influencing genomic variation in humans in both the past and present. However, the …

One small step: A review of Plio‐Pleistocene hominin foot evolution

J DeSilva, E McNutt, J Benoit… - American journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bipedalism is a hallmark of being human and the human foot is modified to reflect this
unique form of locomotion. Leonardo da Vinci is credited with calling the human foot “a …

Last Interglacial Iberian Neandertals as fisher-hunter-gatherers

J Zilhão, DE Angelucci, MA Igreja, LJ Arnold, E Badal… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION A record of the regular exploitation of aquatic foods has been lacking in
Neandertal Europe. By contrast, marine resources feature prominently—alongside personal …

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 …

Cooked starchy food in hearths ca. 120 kya and 65 kya (MIS 5e and MIS 4) from Klasies River Cave, South Africa

C Larbey, SM Mentzer, B Ligouis, S Wurz… - Journal of Human …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Plant carbohydrates currently constitute 55–80% of the modern human diet (FAO
and WHO, 1997) and some of today's key global health issues are associated with …

Further evidence for bow hunting and its implications more than 60 000 years ago: Results of a use-trace analysis of the bone point from Klasies River Main site, South …

J Bradfield, M Lombard, J Reynard, S Wurz - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The bone point (SAM 42160) from> 60 ka deposits at Klasies River Main Site, South Africa,
is reassessed. We clarify the stratigraphic integrity of SAM 42160 and confirm its Middle …

[图书][B] Namib: The archaeology of an African desert

J Kinahan - 2022 - books.google.com
This is a story of human survival over the last one million years in the Namib Desert-one of
the most hostile environments on Earth. Namib reveals the resilience and ingenuity of desert …

Connections, culture and environments around 100 000 years ago at Klasies River main site

S Wurz, SE Bentsen, J Reynard… - Quaternary …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper the new excavations at Klasies River main site are introduced and the first
results presented and linked with previous work, establishing a baseline for future reporting …

Early, intensive marine resource exploitation by Middle Stone Age humans at Ysterfontein 1 rockshelter, South Africa

EM Niespolo, WD Sharp, G Avery… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Modern human behavioral innovations from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) include the earliest
indicators of full coastal adaptation evidenced by shell middens, yet many MSA middens …

Descriptive catalog of Homo naledi dental remains from the 2013 to 2015 excavations of the Dinaledi Chamber, site UW 101, within the Rising Star cave system …

LK Delezene, MM Skinner, SE Bailey, JK Brophy… - Journal of human …, 2023 - Elsevier
More than 150 hominin teeth, dated to∼ 330–241 thousand years ago, were recovered
during the 2013–2015 excavations of the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system …