A primate model for the origin of flake technology

LV Luncz, A Arroyo, T Falótico, P Quinn… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
When and how human ancestors first used tools remains unknown, despite intense research
into the origins of technology. It has been hypothesized that the evolutionary roots of stone …

Technological behaviour in the early Acheulean of EF-HR (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

I de la Torre, R Mora - Journal of Human Evolution, 2018 - Elsevier
Technological strategies of early humans are discussed in the light of a recently excavated
stone tool assemblage from EF-HR, an archaeological site older than 1.33 Ma at Olduvai …

[HTML][HTML] A West African Middle Stone Age site dated to the beginning of MIS 5: Archaeology, chronology, and paleoenvironment of the Ravin Blanc I (eastern Senegal)

K Douze, L Lespez, M Rasse, C Tribolo… - Journal of Human …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ravin Blanc I archaeological occurrence, dated to MIS 5, provides
unprecedented data on the Middle Stone Age (MSA) of West Africa since well …

[HTML][HTML] Acheulean technology and landscape use at Dawadmi, central Arabia

C Shipton, J Blinkhorn, PS Breeze, P Cuthbertson… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Despite occupying a central geographic position, investigations of hominin populations in
the Arabian Peninsula during the Lower Palaeolithic period are rare. The colonization of …

Site formation processes of the early Acheulean assemblage at EF-HR (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

I de la Torre, K Wehr - Journal of Human Evolution, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the formation history of the early Acheulean site of EF-HR (Olduvai
Gorge, Tanzania). Our study focuses on the main site (T2-Main Trench) and adjacent …

New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

I de la Torre, RM Albert, A Arroyo, R Macphail… - Journal of Human …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reports the results of renewed fieldwork at the HWK EE site (Olduvai Gorge,
Tanzania). HWK EE is positioned across the boundary between Lower and Middle Bed II, a …

Not only domestic spaces: dismantling short‐term occupations in Level 497D of Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Pre‐Pyrenees, Spain)

L Sánchez‐Romero, J Martínez‐Moreno… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Early Upper Paleolithic Level 497D of Cova Gran (Pre‐Pyrenees, Spain)
comprises large assemblages of lithics, fauna, hearths, ash accumulations and well …

New excavations in the MNK Skull site, and the last appearance of the Oldowan and Homo habilis at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

I de la Torre, A Benito-Calvo, C Martín-Ramos… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
MNK Skull is one of the most significant archaeological sites in Olduvai Gorge, particularly
due to the previous discovery of human fossils referred to in the paper where the Homo …

Gombore II (Melka Kunture, Ethiopia): A new approach to formation processes and spatial patterns of an Early Pleistocene Acheulean site

E Mendez-Quintas, J Panera, F Altamura… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
To assess the integrity of Pleistocene archaeological sites is crucial in the analysis of human
behaviour. Most of the Early Palaeolithic sites are in active fluvial environments where it is …

Water, gravity, and trophic dynamics in the Misiam palimpsest, Olduvai Gorge

J Yravedra, GJ Linares-Matás - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Misiam is a modern leopard-generated wildebeest bone accumulation located on the slope
of a steep ravine within Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). We present a taphonomic assessment of …