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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Oldowan"”.
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Seasons of Change: Investigating the Role of Seasonality in the Oldowan-Acheulean Transition
… period in the archaeological record: the Oldowan-Acheulean transition. The thesis, entitled “Seasons of Change: Investigating the Role of Seasonality in the Oldowan-Acheulean Transition”, aims to show that a substantial component of the structure of the archaeological record can be …
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Diagnosing Bone Fracture to Assess Early Hominin Behaviour, Meat-Eating, and Socioecology at FLK-Zinjanthropus, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
… are based on rare tool and tooth marks in Oldowan (2.5-1.8mya) fossil assemblages. Consequently, estimating hominin and carnivore involvement is difficult, and questions remain about Oldowan hominin’s position in the carnivore guild and socioecology. One aspect of bone damage, fracture …
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FROM EAST TO NORTH-WEST AFRICA: MAGNETOCHRONOLOGY OF THE OLDEST AFRICAN ACHEULEAN SITES
… evident novelty relative to the pre-existing Oldowan technology. However, the timing and modes of the technical innovation(s) leading to the Acheulean, their relationship with the pre-existing Oldowan technology and their dispersion across the African continent are still unclear. The age …
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New research methods for the analysis of fossil Anura ilia and their utility for reconstructing the palaeoenvironment of Swartkrans Cave
… Cradle of Humankind. Fossil assemblages from the Oldowan (Member 1, 2.2 Ma) and Acheulean (Member 3, 960 ka) deposits of Swartkrans Cave were analysed and compared as they provide snapshots of environmental conditions during periods covering the origin and extinction of P. robustus. The fossil …
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Visuospatial integration and cognitive archaeology: the relationship between body, material culture and human brain
La aparición de la industria lítica es un momento crucial en el linaje humano. La arqueología experimental, objecto de esta tesis, cuenta entre sus objetivos el conocer el posible uso y función de las herramientas de piedra. Los experimentos se basan en reproducir las condiciones manejo de los …