The diffusion of development

E Spolaore, R Wacziarg - The Quarterly journal of economics, 2009 - academic.oup.com
We find that genetic distance, a measure associated with the time elapsed since two
populations' last common ancestors, has a statistically and economically significant effect on …

The Chaîne Opératoire Approach in Middle Paleolithic Archaeology

O Bar-Yosef, P Van Peer - Current anthropology, 2009 - journals.uchicago.edu
Since the pioneering days of Paleolithic archaeology in western Europe, the making of stone
tools has received special attention. Numerous studies were aimed at creating systematic …

[图书][B] The lithic assemblages of Qafzeh Cave

E Hovers - 2009 - books.google.com
This book presents the first comprehensive description of the lithic assemblages from
Qafzeh Cave, one of only two Middle Paleolithic sites in the Levant that has yielded multiple …

How cultural evolutionary theory can inform social psychology and vice versa.

A Mesoudi - Psychological review, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
Cultural evolutionary theory is an interdisciplinary field in which human culture is viewed as
a Darwinian process of variation, competition, and inheritance, and the tools, methods, and …

[图书][B] The theory of cultural and social selection

WG Runciman - 2009 - books.google.com
In The Theory of Cultural and Social Selection, WG Runciman presents an original and wide-
ranging account of the fundamental process by which human cultures and societies come to …

[PDF][PDF] El espejismo de Dios

R Dawkins, R Ceballos - Ideas y Valores, 2009 - repositorio.unal.edu.co
-Ética mundial y ciencia.-Ética mundial y religión.-Ética mundial y política mundial.-Ética
mundial y economía mundial.-Ética mundial y educación. En segundo lugar, su lectura nos …

Acheulian giant-core technology: a worldwide perspective

G Sharon - Current Anthropology, 2009 - journals.uchicago.edu
The ability to detach large (larger than 10 cm) flakes from giant cores and use them as
blanks for the production of handaxes and cleavers is a technological hallmark …

The oldest and longest enduring microlithic sequence in India: 35 000 years of modern human occupation and change at the Jwalapuram Locality 9 rockshelter

C Clarkson, M Petraglia, R Korisettar, M Haslam… - Antiquity, 2009 - cambridge.org
The Jwalapuram Locality 9 rockshelter in southern India dates back to 35 000 years ago and
it is emerging as one of the key sites for documenting human activity and behaviour in South …

Music as a communicative medium

I Cross, GE Woodruff - The prehistory of language, 2009 - books.google.com
Like language, music appears to be a universal human capacity; all cultures of which we
have knowledge engage in something which, from a western perspective, seems to be …

In pursuit of mobile prey: Martu hunting strategies and archaeofaunal interpretation

DW Bird, RB Bird, BF Codding - American Antiquity, 2009 - cambridge.org
By integrating foraging models developed in behavioral ecology with measures of variability
in faunal remains, zooarchaeological studies have made important contributions toward …