Dietary reconstructions can offer an improved perspective on human capacities of
adaptation to the environment. New methodological approaches and analytical techniques …

Optimal foraging theory and diet breadth models often place large mammals in top-ranking
positions due to their high-energy return. However, mass collection of small prey can result …

We provide a first checklist and review of all recognized taxa of the world's extinct
Pleistocene and Holocene (Quaternary) turtles and tortoises that existed during the early …

Tortoises are one of the most common faunal components at many Palaeolithic
archaeological sites across the Old World. They provide protein, fat, and other …

Overkill of large mammals is recognized as a key driver of Pleistocene megafaunal
extinctions in the Americas and Australia. While this phenomenon primarily affected mega …

Abstract The Still Bay (SB) and Howiesons Poort (HP) were two significant techno-
complexes in the Middle Stone Age and key periods in the expression of behavioral …

Heat-altered bones are a common occurrence in the archaeological record, and their
analysis can provide detailed insights into past fire use behaviors and subsistence …

Given the large number of hominin and archaeological remains the site has yielded, Klasies
River has contributed significantly to our understanding of how humans developed and …

Abstract Klissoura Cave 1 in southern Greece preserves a long archaeological sequence
that spans roughly 90,000 years and includes Middle Paleolithic, Uluzzian, Upper …

Abstract The African Middle Pleistocene (781–126 ka) is a key period for human evolution,
witnessing both the origin of the modern human lineage and the lithic turnover from Earlier …