The human trophic level (HTL) during the Pleistocene and its degree of variability serve,
explicitly or tacitly, as the basis of many explanations for human evolution, behavior, and …

Abstract Notarchirico (Southern Italy) has yielded the earliest evidence of Acheulean
settlement in Italy and four older occupation levels have recently been unearthed, including …

Residue analysis is an established area of expertise focused on detecting traces of
substances found on the surface of objects. It is routinely employed in forensic casework and …

The paper provides new data on the age and formation processes of Garba I (Melka
Kunture, Upper Awash, Ethiopia). The site, one of the largest handaxe accumulations of the …

The presence of shaped stone balls at early Paleolithic sites has attracted scholarly attention
since the pioneering work of the Leakeys in Olduvai, Tanzania. Despite the persistent …

Residue analysis in the field of Palaeolithic studies represents a powerful source of
information, as well as a challenging operation of deduction, based on the interpretation of …

Chopping tools/choppers provide one of the earliest and most persistent examples of stone
tools produced and used by early humans. These artifacts appeared for the first time~ 2.5 …

Investigations of organic lithic micro-residues have, over the last decade, shifted from
entirely morphological observations using visible-light microscopy to compositional ones …

Lower Paleolithic bifaces are one of the most ubiquitous and persistent stone tools in
prehistory, proliferating from Africa through Eurasia from as early as 1.75 Mya and remaining …

The Lower Paleolithic Late Acheulian in the Levant marks a fascinating chapter in human
cultural and biological evolution. Nevertheless, many aspects of the Late Acheulian are still …