The study of human evolution has long sought to explain major adaptations and trends that
led to the origin of Homo sapiens. Environmental scenarios have played a pivotal role in this …

An abundant, balanced dietary intake of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids is an
absolute requirement for sustaining the very rapid expansion of the hominid cerebral cortex …

The term archaeomineralogy is relatively new. It was used by Mitchell (1985) for a brief
bibliography, by Rapp (2002, 2009) for books, and by Kostov et al.(2008) and Rapp (2008) …

Recent findings in studies on the peopling of the Americas have caused even staunch
''Clovis First''supporters like myself to reconsider their positions. A probable pre-Clovis age …

This paper presents a thermal model for the prehistoric origin and development of clothing.
A distinction is drawn between simple and complex forms of clothing, with broad implications …

Dating the Quaternary, which covers approximately the last 2 million years, has experienced
considerable progress over the past few decades. On the one hand, this resulted from the …

In a context of scientific and public debates on permafrost degradation under global climate
change, this article provides an integrated review and analysis of environmental and socio …

▪ Abstract A number of important insights into the peopling of the New World have been
gained through molecular genetic studies of Siberian and Native American populations …

Luminescence techniques for dating both heated materials (eg, pottery and burnt stone) and
sediments have gone through three phases in the past 50 years. The first 22 years, from …

Luminescence dating has a proud history of association with archaeology, beginning almost
half a century ago. The subsequent decades of research have seen a range of …