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PaleoAnthropology
ISSN 1545-0031 · Paleoanthropology Society · 449 artikel di indeks
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Does Point Size Matter? How Morphometric Arguments Impact Evolutionary Models of Paleolithic Weaponry
The invention of long-range weaponry has been a pivotal technological change with significant implications for Palaeolithic subsistence strategies and is assumed to have been a crucial factor facilitating the spread of anatomically modern humans while migrating out of Africa. Over the last years, a…
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The New Neanderthal Fossil Sample from Grotta Guattari, Monte Circeo (Italy): A Preliminary Synopsis
Grotta Guattari is a prehistoric site located on the Tyrrhenian coast in central Italy. It has been renowned since 1939 for the discovery of a typical Neanderthal cranium and two mandibles. Recent excavations conducted between 2019 and 2023 have yielded important new findings, revealing a…
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Paleoanthropology Society Meeting Abstracts, Denver, CO, 17-18 March 2026
These are the abstracts for the 2026 Paleoanthropology Society meetings.
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New Insights on the Dietary Ecology of Paradolichopithecus (Cercopithecidae, Mammalia) from Dafnero-3 (Greece)
Paradolichopithecus was a large-bodied monkey with a predominantly terrestrial lifestyle that inhabited Eurasia from the Middle Pliocene to the Early-Middle Pleistocene. Its species level taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships, to other extant and extinct large cercopithecines, remain however…
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A Refined Chronology for the Middle–Upper Paleolithic Transition at Kozarnika Cave (Bulgaria) 40–50,000 Years Ago
The site of Kozarnika in Bulgaria is a key, deep (~6m) archaeological sequence spanning the Lower, Middle and Upper Paleolithic of Europe. In its latter phases, it documents the transition from a Neanderthal-dominated Europe to one in which only modern humans are present. The process of this…
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A Reinvestigation of the Upper Paleolithic Postcranial Human Remains from the La Rochette Rock Shelter (Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère, France)
One of the lesser-known Paleolithic sites in the famous Vézère river valley in south-western France is the rock-shelter of La Rochette, where presumed Upper Paleolithic adult postcranial remains were found during excavations by O. Hauser in 1910. A first study of these remains was published in…
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Book Review of Our Ancient Youth: A Perspective on Evolutionary Phylogeny and Ontogeny
This is a review of a book on the developmental aspects of fossil hominins. It focuses attention on the ontogeny of morphological traits that define the hominin physiology and reviews in tandem the information available on the ontogeny of the brain. Few books have addresses these elements of human…
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The Late Miocene Colobine Monkey Mesopithecus (Primates, Cercopithecidae) of Greece
The genus Mesopithecus a colobine monkey, represents the earliest known cercopithecoid in Eurasia. Mesopithecus is very common in the Late Miocene of Greece and the field work in several fossiliferous sites provided a rich collection from the Turolian (uppermost Late Miocene); especially the…
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Mandibular Specimens of Stirtonia victoriae From the La Victoria Formation, La Venta, Colombia
The earliest evidence for the alouattine clade, howler monkeys, can be found at the Middle Miocene site of La Venta in Huila Department, Colombia. La Venta has yielded over 100 vertebrate species including 12 primates representing all extant platyrrhine families and is notable as the site that…
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Taphonomic Analysis of Early Pleistocene Fossil Localities of the Olteţ River Valley, Romania
Though the best documented first appearance of hominins in Eurasia is from Dmanisi, Georgia, there are several earlier sites with traces of hominin presence. Here were present taphonomic analyses of sites from the Olteţ River Valley in Romania, with particular attention to Grăunceanu, which…
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Symbolism Without Symbols? The Unsoundness of the Artifact to Symbol Inference in Paleolithic Archaeology
Behavior mediated by symbols—commonly termed ‘symbolic behavior’—is widely recognized as a defining feature of human cognition. In deep history, its emergence is frequently inferred from artefacts or features that appear to lack utilitarian function and are thus interpreted as ornamental or…
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Does Early Homo Dental Variation Follow a Neutral Pattern of Divergence?
The fragmentary early Homo fossil record represents a temporally expansive and complex lineage that is morphologically and geographically diverse. This large amount of variation, which also captures the transition period from Australopithecus to Homo, has been the focus of a number of studies that…
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Links in the Chain: Lessons on Dealing with Evolving Lineages from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, and the Problem of Homo heidelbergensis
Species identification in fossils often implicitly makes use of geographic and temporal gaps in the record to help bolster arguments distinguishing one species from another. As these gaps start to be filled, paleontologists are faced with the problem of what to do with intermediate forms that…
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Evaluating Hominin taxic Diversity in the African Middle Pleistocene With Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
The Middle Pleistocene hominin fossil record is taxonomically diverse, with Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalesis, Homo naledi, and Homo erectus, all existing at various times during this period. These species are generally recognized as valid, but there is also an ambiguous group consisting of…
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Diversity and Evolution of Archaic Eastern Asian Hominins: A Synthetic Model of the Fossil and Genetic Records
With the discoveries of new hominin fossils from historically well-studied as well as poorly sampled regions, and thanks to great advances in paleogenetic studies, Asian paleoanthropology has now entered a new phase of research. In particular, fossil discoveries from insular Southeast Asia…
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Revisiting the Anatomy of the Florisbad Hominin Cranium: Visualization of New Internal Features and Observations on Its Supposed Pathologies
Among the Middle Pleistocene African fossils that are central to discussions about the evolution of Homo sapiens is the partial cranium from Florisbad, South Africa. The fossil, dated to MIS 8 (300–243 ka BP), combines some primitive traits that are shared with Homo erectus or H. rhodesiensis…
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Palaeoproteomic Contributions, and Current Limitations, to Understanding Middle and Late Pleistocene Human Evolution
Over the past three decades, a new picture of our own ancestral past has emerged through the elucidation of the complex genetic relationships between Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans by the direct analysis of ancient hominin genomes. These genetic insights have largely been derived from…
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Flakes, Feelings, and Finesse: Experiential Studies of Skill Acquisition in Novice Knappers
Here, we present preliminary results from research investigating the influence of different pedagogical methods on skill acquisition amongst novice knappers, with implications for interpreting the Paleolithic and devising pedagogical methods in classrooms. We addressed questions related to…
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The Alpha-Taxonomy of Ekembo
Two species of the early ape Ekembo are typically recognized in the abundant fossil collections from Rusinga and Mfangano Islands: Ekembo heseloni and Ekembo nyanzae. Widespread perception that these samples represent an anatomically similar, large and small species pair has led to the unrealistic…
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Phylogeny of Homo and its Implications for the Taxonomy of the Genus
The genus Homo has a moderately high degree of morphological diversity, with about fifteen species proposed. It is debatable whether there could have been several species of Homo coexisting and sharing similar ecological niches, especially during the Chibanian (Middle Pleistocene). A thorough…