Linking primatology and archaeology: The transversality of stone percussive behaviors

S Harmand, A Arroyo - Journal of Human Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the launch of the Journal of Human Evolution fifty years ago, the archaeology of
human origins and the evolution of culture have witnessed major breakthroughs with the …

Aridity, availability of drinking water and freshwater foods, and hominin and archeological sites during the Late Pliocene–Early Pleistocene in the western region of the …

X Boës, B Van Bocxlaer, S Prat, C Feibel… - Journal of Human …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Although the Turkana Basin is one of the driest regions of the East African Rift, its
Plio–Pleistocene sediments are rich in freshwater vertebrates and invertebrates, providing …

Aridification and orbital forcing of eastern African climate during the Plio-Pleistocene

CJ Lepre, RL Quinn - Global and Planetary Change, 2022 - Elsevier
We developed a composite outcrop proxy record of Plio-Pleistocene climate in eastern
Africa using the radiometrically-dated sediments of the Omo Group that preserve evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Statistical assessment of the temporal and cultural relationship between the Lomekwian and Oldowan

D Flicker, A Key - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The temporal relationship between the Lomekwi 3 archaeological site and the Oldowan
stone tool industry is not well explored. Lomekwi 3 dates to 3.3 million years ago (Ma) …

Captive bonobos (Pan paniscus) apply precision grips when using flaked stone tools

A Cebeiro, A Key - American Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Current evidence suggests that flaked stone tool technologies did not emerge
until~ 3.3–2.6 million‐years‐ago (Ma). It is often hypothesized that early hominin (principally …

Environmental comparisons of the Awash Valley, Turkana Basin and lower Omo Valley from upper Miocene to Holocene as assessed from stable carbon and oxygen …

J Paquette, MSM Drapeau - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Awash Valley, Turkana Basin and lower Omo Valley of East Africa are three
regions that have been particularly important for documenting the environment from the late …

A 4.3-million-year-old Australopithecus anamensis mandible from Ileret, East Turkana, Kenya, and its paleoenvironmental context

JE Lewis, CV Ward, WH Kimbel, CL Kidney… - Journal of Human …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract A hominin mandible, KNM-ER 63000, and associated vertebrate remains were
recovered in 2011 from Area 40 in East Turkana, Kenya. Tephrostratigraphic and …

Des traces de boucherie aux outils lithiques de Masol (Pliocène supérieur, Inde du Nord). Une approche psychomotrice de l'origine et de l'identité des hominiens

AD Malassé, D Cauche - L'anthropologie, 2022 - Elsevier
Résumé Masol est une formation géologique des piémonts himalayens du nord-ouest de
l'Inde attribuée au Pliocène final dès les années 1960 par les fossiles de la zone …

The Turkana Basin

RW Renaut, RB Owen - The Kenya Rift Lakes: Modern and Ancient …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Precambrian to Lower Palaeozoic basement rocks of the Turkana Basin are
overlain by Late Cretaceous to Early Palaeogene arkose, Late Eocene to Miocene …

The Importance of Aquatic Foods and Environments for the Early Hominin Brain

KM Stewart, SC Cunnane - 2023 - academic.oup.com
Diet was critical to the growing early Homo brain, which required brain-selective nutrients
such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), iodine, and iron for growth. Fish and shellfish were …