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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Upper Palaeolithic"”.

  1. Upper Palaeolithic female representations: an eye tracking study.

    Hirst, S.J.H.Bournemouth University2019

    The Venus Figurine tradition of the Upper Palaeolithic has sparked significant academic interest over the last century. Past studies of these sculptures have produced an array of theories relating to their function, ranging from being symbols of fertility and attractiveness, to self-representations …

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  2. Biological evolution and population change in the European Upper Palaeolithic

    Schumann, Betsy AnnUniversity of Cambridge1995

    The European Upper Palaeolithic, from 45,000 to 10,000 BP, marks the first appearance of anatomically modern Homo sapiens in Europe. The skeletal morphology of these earliest modern humans has played a large role in the debate over modern human origins. While it is important to investigate the …

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  3. A critical review of Mousterian variability with particular reference to the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic transition

    Reynolds, T. E. G.University of Cambridge1988

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  4. Human population history and its interplay with natural selection

    Siska, VeronikaUniversity of Cambridge2019

    … I first analysed a high-coverage genome from Upper Palaeolithic Romania from ~37.8 kya, and demonstrated an early diversification of multiple lineages shortly after the out-of-Africa expansion (Chapter 2). I then investigated Late Upper Palaeolithic (~13.3ky old) and Mesolithic (~9.7 ky old) …

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  5. The music-archaeology of the Palaeolithic within its cultural setting.

    Scothern, Paula Marie TheresaUniversity of Cambridge1993

    … of the music-archaeological evidence of the Upper Palaeolithic from Aurignacian onwards, set within the cultural and anatomical context of its creators: examining its evolutionary relationship with the events of the Mousterian and with successive musical-cultural behaviour during the …

    cambridge

  6. A comprehensive analysis of long bone curvature in Neanderthals and modern humans using 3D morphometrics

    de Groote, I.E.P.M.UCL (University College London)2008

    … curvature (femur, ulna, radius) in Neanderthals, Upper Palaeolithic and recent modern humans, 2) compare adult bone curvature between these populations, and 3) test hypotheses on the effects of climate, body size, and activity patterns on curvature. Comparisons between and within populations were …

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  7. Late Quaternary vegetation history of Craven, Yorkshire Dales.

    Rushworth, GarryUniversity of Bradford2014

    … occupation of the Craven area from the late Upper Palaeolithic onwards.

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  8. Body size, skeletal biomechanics and habitual behaviour: a bioarchaeological approach to social and economic change in the Neolithic and Copper Age central Mediterranean

    Parkinson, EóinUniversity of Cambridge2020

    … with a large sample of individuals spanning the Upper Palaeolithic to Modern periods. The application of 3D scanning also enabled the use of novel methods in the analysis of fragmented skeletal remains. The analysis of body size documents a pronounced reduction in body mass and stature during the …

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  9. In the human past, is the perennial consumption of starch a deep or shallow phenomenon?

    Larbey, Cynthia Deidre AnneUniversity of Cambridge2019

    … especially adapted to a starch diet within the Palaeolithic, making starch consumption a deep phenomenon. Yet there is no deep time archaeological evidence of starch consumption by early humans. A significant body of evidence attests to the increasing starch diet of humans from the Upper …

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  10. Considering the importance of wetlands to hunter-gatherer adaptation : a microbotanical investigation of Late Pleistocene plant-use in the Eastern Levant

    Nicolaides, Monica LorelleThe University of Texas at Austin2015

    … opportunities had a tremendous impact on Late Upper Palaeolithic to Middle Epipaleolithic (ca. 28-14.5 ka cal. BP) (Late Pleistocene) hunter-gatherers, influencing the ways they chose to use, modify and manage the changing Levantine landscape through and after the Last Glacial Maximum (ca. …

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  11. Les matières colorantes au début du Paléolithique supérieur : sources, transformations et fonctions

    Salomon, HélèneUniversité Bordeaux 12009

    … as the transition between the Middle and the Upper Palaeolithic, these remains, which are very abundant in most excavations, offer the possibility, through analysis, to get an exceptional insight into the way of life of the last Neanderthals. The Châtelperronian site of the “Grotte du Renne”, …

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  12. Archaeo-zoological analysis of some Upper Pleistocene horse bone assemblages in Western Europe

    Levine, MarshaUniversity of Cambridge1979

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  13. Le faune del Paleolitico medio-superiore in Nord Italia: nuovi dati archeozoologici dal Riparo Mochi e dal Riparo Tagliente

    Perez, AndreaUniversità degli studi di Trento2023

    … from the Middle Paleolithic (MP) to the Upper Paleolithic (UP) is widely debated and studied. During this period in Europe, the last Neanderthals were replaced by the first Anatomically Modern Humans (AMH). It is widely debated how and in what time frame this replacement occurred, and if, …

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