Ancient genomes and the evolutionary path of modern humans

06/03/2024
Read more by E. Andrew Bennett, Qiaomei Fu Published on Cell. 29 February 2024

Cognitive Archeology and the Attentional System: An Evolutionary Mismatch for the Genus Homo

06/03/2024
Read more by Emiliano Bruner Published on Journal of Intelligence. 12 September 2023

Eurasian back-migration into Northeast Africa was a complex and multifaceted process

06/02/2024
Read more by Rickard Hammarén, Steven T. Goldstein, Carina M. Schlebusch. Published on Plos One. 08 November 2023

Human-specific genetics: new tools to explore the molecular and cellular basis of human evolution

06/02/2024
Read more by Alex A. Pollen, Umut Kilik, Craig B. Lowe & J. Gray Camp. Published on nature reviews genetics. 03 February 2023

The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa

05/01/2024
Read more by Cesar A. Fortes-Lima, Concetta Burgarella, Rickard Hammarén, Anders Eriksson, Mário Vicente, Cecile Jolly, Armando Semo, Hilde Gunnink, Sara Pacchiarotti, Leon Mundeke, et.al. Published on nature. 29 November 2023

Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi

05/01/2024
Read more by Lee R BergerTebogo MakhubelaKeneiloe MolopyaneAshley KrügerPatrick Randolph-QuinneyMarina ElliottBecca PeixottoAgustín FuentesPaul Tafforeau et.al. Published on eLife. 05 June 2023

Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago

05/12/2023
Read more by L. Barham, G. A. T. Duller, I. Candy, C. Scott, C. R. Cartwright, J. R. Peterson, C. Kabukcu, M. S. Chapot, F. Melia, V. Rots, N. George, N. Taipale, P. Gethin & P. Nkombwe. Published on Nature. 20 September 2023

Social networks as risk-mitigation strategies in south-west Madagascar

05/12/2023
Read more by Dylan S. Davis ,Tanambelo Rasolondrainy, George Manahira, Sean Hixon, Vanillah Andriankaja, Laurance Hubertine. Published onAntiquity. 22 August 2023

Genome-wide variation in the Angolan Namib Desert reveals unique pre-Bantu ancestry

03/11/2023
Read more by Sandra Oliveira, Anne-Maria Fehn, Beatriz Amorim, Mark Stoneking and Jorge Rocha. Published on Science Advances. 22 September 2023

First identification of an evolving Middle Stone Age ochre culture at Porc-Epic Cave, Ethiopia

03/11/2023
Read more by Daniela Eugenia Rosso, Martine Regert & Francesco d’Errico Published on Scientific Reports. 08 September 2023

New Blombos Cave evidence supports a multistep evolutionary scenario for the culturalization of the human body

05/10/2023
Read more by Francesco d’Errico, Karen Loise van Niekerk, Lila Geis, Christopher Stuart Henshilwood. Published on Journal of Human Evolution. September 2023

Communities and the Dead in Africa and Ancient Ethiopia (50–800 CE)

05/10/2023
Read more by Dilpreet Singh Basanti & Naomi Mekonen. Published on African Archaeological Review. 11 September 2023

Bitter legacy: archaeology of early sugar plantation and slavery in São Tomé

06/09/2023
Read more by M. Dores Cruz, Larissa Thomas and M. Nazaré Ceita. Published on Antiquity. 14 August 2023

Atlatl use equalizes female and male projectile weapon velocity

06/09/2023
Read more by Michelle R. Bebber, Briggs Buchanan, Metin I. Eren, Robert S. Walker & Dexter Zirkle. Published on scientific reports. 16 August 2023

The Middle Stone Age Sequence at Klipfonteinrand 1 (KFR1), Western Cape, South Africa

07/08/2023
Read more by Alex Mackay, Rosaria B. K. Saktura, Corey A. O’Driscoll, Kelsey C. Boyd, Ben Marwick, Ian Moffat & Zenobia Jacobs. Published on Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 14 June 2023

Archaeological Research in the Canary Islands: Island Archaeology off Africa’s Atlantic Coast

07/08/2023
Read more by Peter J. Mitchell Published on Journal of Archaeological Research. 15 May 2023

The Myth of Man the Hunter: Women’s contribution to the hunt across ethnographic contexts

06/07/2023
Read more by Abigail Anderson, Sophia Chilczuk, Kaylie Nelson, Roxanne Ruther, Cara Wall-Scheffler. Published on Plos one. 28 June 2023

Embodying Ethiopia’s Global Golden Age on the Muslim-Christian Frontier: The Allure of Glass Beads

06/07/2023
Read more by Beatriz Marín-Aguilera & Laure Dussubieux. Published on African Archaeological Review. 30 March 2023

Minds on Fire: Cognitive Aspects of Early Firemaking and the Possible Inventors of Firemaking Kits

03/06/2023
Read more by Marlize Lombard and Peter Gärdenfors. Published on Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 29 May 2023

A weakly structured stem for human origins in Africa

03/06/2023
Read more by Aaron P. Ragsdale, Timothy D. Weaver, Elizabeth G. Atkinson, Eileen G. Hoal, Marlo Möller, Brenna M. Henn & Simon Gravel. Published on Nature. 17 May 2023

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