Mediterranean radiocarbon offsets and calendar dates for prehistory

12/04/2021
Read more by Sturt W. Manning, Bernd Kromer, Mauro Cremaschi, Michael W. Dee, Ronny Friedrich, Carol Griggs, Carla S. Hadden Published on Science Advances. 18 March 2020

Heating histories and taphonomy of ancient fireplaces: A multi-proxy case study from the Upper Palaeolithic sequence of Abri Pataud (Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, France)

12/04/2021
Read more by F.Braadbaart, F.H.Reidsma, W.Roebroeks, L.Chiotti, V.Slon, M.Meyer, I.Théry-Parisot, A.van Hoesel, K.G.J.Nierop, J.Kaal, B.van Os, L.Marquer Published on Journal of Archaeological Science. October 2020

The evolution of the human trophic level during the Pleistocene

09/04/2021
Read more by Miki Ben‐Dor, Raphael Sirtoli, Ran Barkai Published on Yearbook of Physical Anthropology Article. 05 March 2021

Human burials at the Kisese II rockshelter, Tanzania

09/04/2021
Read more by Myra F. Laird, Elizabeth A. Sawchuk, Amandus Kwekason, Audax Z. P. Mabulla, Emmanuel Ndiema, Christian A. Tryon, Jason E. Lewis, Kathryn L. Ranhorn Published on American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 21 February 2021

Palaeoproteomics confirm earliest domesticated sheep in southern Africa ca. 2000 BP

08/04/2021
Read more by Ashley N. Coutu, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Meaghan Mackie, Theis Zetner Trolle Jensen, Matthew J. Collins & Judith Sealy Published on Scientific Reports. 23 March 2021

La dalle gravée du Bronze ancien de Saint-Bélec (Leuhan, Finistère)

08/04/2021
Read more by Clément Nicolas, Yvan Pailler, Pierre Stéphan, Julie Pierson, Laurent Aubry, Bernard Le Gall, Vincent Lacombe & Joël Rolet Published on Société Préhistorique Française. Avril 2021

Early humans far from the South African coast collected unusual objects

07/04/2021
Read more by Pamela R. Willoughby Published on Nature. 31 March 2021

Veiled agency? Children, innovation and the archaeological record

07/04/2021
Read more by Kim Sterelny Published on Cambridge University Press.  09 February 2021

The evolution of the human trophic level during the Pleistocene

06/04/2021
Read more by Miki Ben‐Dor, Raphael Sirtoli, Ran Barkai Published on American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 05 March 2021

Fatty acid specific δ13C values reveal earliest Mediterranean cheese production 7,200 years ago

06/04/2021
Read more by Sarah B. McClure, Clayton Magill, Emil Podrug, Andrew M. T. Moore, Thomas K. Harper, Brendan J. Culleton, Douglas J. Kennett,Katherine H. Freeman Published on Plos One. September 5 2018

Owning humankind: fossils, humans and archaeological remains

03/04/2021
Read more by Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Alessandro Pelizzon, John Page, Nicole Rice,Anja Scheffers Published by Heliyon. June 08 2020

Human major infections: Tuberculosis, treponematoses, leprosy—A paleopathological perspective of their evolution

02/04/2021
Read more by Maciej Henneberg, Kara Holloway-Kew, Teghan Lucas. Published on Plos One. February 25 2021

New Light on the Silent Millennia: Mediterranean Africa, ca. 4000–900 BC

02/04/2021
Read more by  Giulio Lucarini, Youssef Bokbot & Cyprian Broodbank  Published on African Archaeological Review. 27 October 2020

Preliminary paleohistological observations of the StW 573 (‘Little Foot’) skull

18/03/2021
Read more by Amélie Beaudet, Robert C Atwood, Winfried Kockelmann,  Vincent Fernandez, Thomas Connolley, Nghia Trong Vo, Ronald Clarke,  Dominic Stratford Published by elifesciences. March 2 2021

Ardipithecus hand provides evidence that humans and chimpanzees evolved from an ancestor with suspensory adaptations

18/03/2021
Read more by Thomas C. Prang, Kristen Ramirez, Mark Grabowski and Scott A. Williams Published by Sciences Advances. 24 February 2021

Ancient proteins provide evidence of dairy consumption in eastern Africa

13/03/2021
Read more by Madeleine Bleasdale, Kristine K. Richter, Nicole Boivin  Nature Communications. 27 January 2021

African population history: an ancient DNA perspective

13/03/2021
Read more by MárioVicente, Carina MSchlebusch Current opinion in Genetics & Development. June 2020

Reconstructing Late Pleistocene paleoclimate at the scale of human behavior: an example from the Neandertal occupation of La Ferrassie (France)

12/03/2021
Read more by Sarah Pederzani, Vera Aldeias, Harold L. Dibble, Paul Goldberg, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Stéphane Madelaine, Shannon P. McPherron, Dennis Sandgathe, Teresa E. Steele, Alain Turq & Kate Britton  Published on Scientific Reports:  14 January 2021

Team reveals amazing reconstructions of our ancestors to correct mistakes of the past

12/03/2021
Read more by  Ryan M Campbell (PhD student, University of Adelaide), Gabriel Vinas (MFA candidate, Arizona State University), Dr Maciej Henneberg (emeritus professor, Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy, University of Adelaide), and Dr Rui Diogo (associate professor, Howard University) Featured News, Life Science. February 26, 2021

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