Taphonomy plays diverse roles in paleobiology. These include assessing sample quality
relevant to ecologic, biogeographic, and evolutionary questions, diagnosing the roles of …

Zooarchaeologists have become accustomed to high levels of confidence in their inferences
about the origins, functions, and responses to stress of animal remains. This confidence …

This paper presents a list of> 100 publicly known late Quaternary proboscidean sites that
have certain or possible traces of hominin utilization in Africa, Europe, and Asia, along with a …

Weathering of bones has been defined as chemical and mechanical deterioration and
destruction occurring over Time (the periodic system of solar years). Actualistically …

From Gustavo Politis, one of the most renowned South American archaeologists, comes the
first in-depth study in English of the last “undiscovered” people of the Amazon. His work is …

Competing explanations of early human behavior concerning animal carcass acquisition
and exploitation are currently some of the most debated topics in the study of human …

Smith and Lucas (1993) suggested that the human skeleton is “an overlooked but effective
visual aid.” We concur, not just for anatomical landmarks, but for the understanding of …

Traditionally, hunter-gatherers of the Clovis period have been characterized as specialized
hunters of large terrestrial mammals. Recent critiques have attempted to upend this position …

The behavioral-ecological perspective provides paleoanthropology with the opportunity to
uncover the course and causes of human behavioral evolution. At this time, however, there …

Taphonomic and sedimentologic attributes of three dinosaur bone beds discovered within
the Campanian Two Medicine Formation of Montana suggest drought-related mortality. Two …