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 …
INTRODUCTION A record of the regular exploitation of aquatic foods has been lacking in Neandertal Europe. By contrast, marine resources feature prominently—alongside personal …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …