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The revolution that wasn't: a new interpretation of the origin of modern human behavior.
Sally McBrearty,Alison S. Brooks +1 more
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The African Middle and early Late Pleistocene hominid fossil record is fairly continuous and in it can be recognized a number of probably distinct species that provide plausible ancestors for H. sapiens, and suggests a gradual assembling of the package of modern human behaviors in Africa, and its later export to other regions of the Old World.About:
This article is published in Journal of Human Evolution.The article was published on 2000-11-01. It has received 2165 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Behavioral modernity & Later Stone Age.read more
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Hunter-gatherer archaeology in southern Africa: recent research, future trends
TL;DR: In this article, the principal developments in hunter-gatherer archaeology within the region over the past decade and identifies the key themes that have been pursued, and then attempts to indicate the main directions along which research may grow over the next several years.
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A new MIS 3 radiocarbon chronology for Mochena Borago Rockshelter, SW Ethiopia: Implications for the interpretation of Late Pleistocene chronostratigraphy and human behavior
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on contiguous squares within the Block Excavation Area (BXA) trench at the northern end of the Mochena Borago Rockshelter.
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Potentially stylistic differences between backed artefacts from two nearby sites occupied ˜60,000 years before present in South Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider differences in silcrete backed artefacts recovered from two nearby sites, both of which were occupied during the Howiesons Poort period, are situated in different ecological contexts with variable access to stone resources.
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The role of humour in the evolution of hominid cognition and the emergence of language
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a Table of Table 1.2 Table 2.1 and Table 3.2 table 1.3.1.1 Table 4.2.
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Age dating and the orbital theory of the ice ages: Development of a high-resolution 0 to 300,000-year chronostratigraphy
Douglas G. Martinson,Nicklas G Pisias,James D. Hays,John Imbrie,Theodore C. Moore,Nicholas J Shackleton +5 more
TL;DR: Using the concept of "orbital tuning", a continuous, high-resolution deep-sea chronostratigraphy has been developed spanning the last 300,000 yr as mentioned in this paper.
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Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution
TL;DR: All these mitochondrial DMAs stem from one woman who is postulated to have lived about 200,000 years ago, probably in Africa, implying that each area was colonised repeatedly.