Proboscideans and humans have shared habitats across the Old and New Worlds for
hundreds of thousands of years. Proboscideans were included in the human diet starting …

CT-scan analyses were carried out on limb bones of straight-tusked elephants
(Palaeoloxodon antiquus) from the Middle Pleistocene site of Castel di Guido (Italy), where …

The Acheulean site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in the Dead Sea Rift of Israel documents
hominin movements and technological development on a corridor between Africa and …

The emergence of the Acheulian stone tool industry, between 1· 7 and 1· 5m. ya, constitutes
one of the earliest evidences of complex behavior in the process of human evolution. The …

The Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya 'aqov (Israel) has revealed a unique association of
edible nuts with pitted hammers and anvils. Located in the Dead Sea rift, on the boundary …

The worldwide association of H. erectus with elephants is well documented and so is the
preference of humans for fat as a source of energy. We show that rather than a matter of …

Diet is central for understanding hominin evolution, adaptation, and environmental
exploitation, but Paleolithic plant remains are scarce. A unique macrobotanical assemblage …

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 archaeological record indicates that elephants must have played a significant role in
early human diet and culture during Palaeolithic times in the Old World. However, the nature …

The spatial designation of discrete areas for different activities reflects formalized
conceptualization of a living space. The results of spatial analyses of a Middle Pleistocene …