Origins of the human predatory pattern: the transition to large-animal exploitation by early hominins

JC Thompson, S Carvalho, CW Marean… - Current …, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
The habitual consumption of large-animal resources (eg, similar sized or larger than the
consumer) separates human and nonhuman primate behavior. Flaked stone tool use …

No sustained increase in zooarchaeological evidence for carnivory after the appearance of Homo erectus

WA Barr, B Pobiner, J Rowan, A Du… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The appearance of Homo erectus shortly after 2.0 Ma is widely considered a turning point in
human dietary evolution, with increased consumption of animal tissues driving the evolution …

Mind the (sr) GAP–roles of Slit–Robo GAPs in neurons, brains and beyond

B Lucas, J Hardin - Journal of Cell Science, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT The Slit–Robo GTPase-activating proteins (srGAPs) were first identified as
potential Slit–Robo effectors that influence growth cone guidance. Given their N-terminal F …

Zooming out the microscope on cumulative cultural evolution:'Trajectory B'from animal to human culture

C Andersson, C Tennie - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2023 - nature.com
It is widely believed that human culture originated in the appearance of Oldowan stone-tool
production (circa 2.9 Mya) and a primitive but effective ability to copy detailed know-how …

Nitrogen isotopes in tooth enamel record diet and trophic level enrichment: Results from a controlled feeding experiment

JN Leichliter, T Lüdecke, AD Foreman, NN Duprey… - Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nitrogen isotope ratios (δ 15 N) are a well-established tool for investigating the dietary and
trophic behavior of animals in terrestrial and marine food webs. To date, δ 15 N values in …

A new high-resolution 3-D quantitative method for identifying bone surface modifications with implications for the Early Stone Age archaeological record

MC Pante, MV Muttart, TL Keevil… - Journal of human …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bone surface modifications have become important indicators of hominin behavior and
ecology at prehistoric archaeological sites. However, the method by which we identify and …

The meat of the matter: an evolutionary perspective on human carnivory

M Domínguez-Rodrigo, TR Pickering - … Archaeological Research in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Natural selection, as both a process and a scientific concept, is eloquently simple.
Unfortunately, this simplicity sometimes belies Darwin's broader view of evolution as a …

[PDF][PDF] 3.3-million-year-old stone tools and butchery traces? More evidence needed

M Domínguez-Rodrigo, L Alcalá - PaleoAnthropology, 2016 - paleoanthropology.org
In the past five years, two exceptional discoveries have been made—the Dikika modified
bones and the Lomekwi stone tools. If genuine, they would change current views on human …

Use and abuse of cut mark analyses: The Rorschach effect

M Domínguez-Rodrigo, P Saladié, I Cáceres… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
A series of experimental cut marks have been analyzed by eleven taphonomists with the
goal of assessing if they could identify similarly 14 selected microscopic variables which …

Hominid butchers and biting crocodiles in the African Plio–Pleistocene

Y Sahle, S El Zaatari, TD White - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Zooarchaeologists have long relied on linear traces and pits found on the surfaces of
ancient bones to infer ancient hominid behaviors such as slicing, chopping, and percussive …