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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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Palaeoenvironments and plant availability during MIS 6 to MIS 3 on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (south coast, South Africa) as indicated by phytolith analysis at Pinnacle Point
Irene Esteban,Irene Esteban,Irene Esteban,Curtis W. Marean,Curtis W. Marean,Richard M. Cowling,Erich C. Fisher,Erich C. Fisher,Erich C. Fisher,Dan Cabanes,Rosa M. Albert,Rosa M. Albert +11 more
TL;DR: This article used phytoliths extracted from archaeological deposits of two sites at Pinnacle Point (PP; cave 13B [PP13B] and site 5-6 [PP5-6] to investigate the interactions between environments and hunter-gatherer foraging strategies along the Cape south coast during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6 to MIS 3.
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Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity.
Igor Zwir,Igor Zwir,Coral Del-Val,Mirka Hintsanen,Kevin M. Cloninger,Rocío Romero-Zaliz,Alberto Mesa,Javier Arnedo,Ramiro Salas,G. F. Poblete,G. F. Poblete,Emma Raitoharju,Olli T. Raitakari,Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen,G. A. de Erausquin,I. Tattersall,Terho Lehtimäki,Claude Robert Cloninger +17 more
TL;DR: The authors found that modern humans have more than 200 unique non-protein coding genes regulating co-expression of many more protein-coding genes in coordinated networks that underlie their capacities for self-awareness, creativity, prosocial behavior, and healthy longevity, which are not found in chimpanzees or Neanderthals.
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Middle Stone Age human occupation and dispersals in the Messak plateau (SW Libya, central Sahara)
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented data from the last surveys (2010-2011) carried out on 46 transects across the Messak massif, which was specifically designed to handle the impressive Pleistocene record through sampling a series of spots placed at fixed distances along predetermined survey strips.
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Occupational intensity and environmental changes during the Howiesons Poort at Klipdrift Shelter, southern Cape, South Africa
Jerome P. Reynard,Emmanuel Discamps,Emmanuel Discamps,Sarah Wurz,Karen L. van Niekerk,Karen L. van Niekerk,Shaw Badenhorst,Shaw Badenhorst,Christopher S. Henshilwood,Christopher S. Henshilwood +9 more
TL;DR: The authors used faunal data from Klipdrift Shelter to explore the relationship between occupational intensity, subsistence behaviour and environment in the southern Cape during the Howiesons Poort period.
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How people used ochre at Rose Cottage Cave, South Africa: Sixty thousand years of evidence from the Middle Stone Age.
Tammy Hodgskiss,Lyn Wadley +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe colour, hardness, grain size, geological type and surface modifications of ochre pieces excavated from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) of Rose Cottage Cave, 96, 000 to 30, 000 years ago.
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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.