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Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer

Researcher at Harvard University

Publications -  19
Citations -  998

Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cave & Mousterian. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 18 publications receiving 844 citations. Previous affiliations of Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer include American Museum of Natural History & University of Haifa.

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The earliest modern humans outside Africa

TL;DR: A maxilla and associated dentition recently discovered at Misliya Cave, Israel, was dated to 177,000 to 194,000 years ago, suggesting that members of the Homo sapiens clade left Africa earlier than previously thought.
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Shells and ochre in Middle Paleolithic Qafzeh Cave, Israel: indications for modern behavior.

TL;DR: The lower layers at the Qafzeh Cave contained a series of hearths, several human graves, flint artifacts, animal bones, a collection of sea shells, lumps of red ochre, and an incised cortical flake.
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Green stone beads at the dawn of agriculture

TL;DR: Green beads and bead blanks were used as amulets to ward off the evil eye and as fertility charms and it is suggested that the occurrence of green beads is directly related to the onset of agriculture.
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Neolithic shell bead production in Sinai

TL;DR: In this paper, five marine shell assemblages, consisting of over 5000 shells and shell fragments from Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (9200-7800 BP ) sites in the Sinai peninsula have been studied.