A5059750031- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Language and cultural evolution
- African Studies and Geopolitics
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Landslides and related hazards
- Medieval Architecture and Archaeology
- African Studies and Ethnography
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Marine animal studies overview
Leiden University
2009-2023
University College London
2011-2021
UCL Australia
2009-2011
Hazenberg Archeologie (Netherlands)
2007
This paper is a cross-cultural examination of the development hunting skills and implications for debate on role learning in evolution human life history patterns. While theory has proven to be powerful tool understanding course, other schools, such as cultural transmission social theory, also provide theoretical insights. These disparate theories are reviewed, alternative exclusive predictions identified. study regularities how children learn skills, based ethnographic literature...
Archaeological indications for off-site burning by late Pleistocene and early Holocene hunter-gatherers present intransigent interpretive problems; contrast, practices recent are well documented. Here, we a systematic global inventory of extant practices—including the reasons environmental setting firing activities—and also discuss their visibility in archaeological record. This is based on ethnographic historical texts. In times, fire was used wide range purposes, irrespective age gender,...
Control of fire is one the most important technological innovations within evolution humankind. The archaeological signal use becomes very visible from around 400,000 y ago onward. Interestingly, this occurs at a geologically similar time over major parts Old World, in Africa, as well western Eurasia, and different subpopulations wider hominin metapopulation. We interpret spatiotemporal pattern result cultural diffusion, representing earliest clear-cut case widespread change resulting...
Straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) were the largest terrestrial mammals of Pleistocene, present in Eurasian landscapes between 800,000 and 100,000 years ago. The occasional co-occurrence their skeletal remains with stone tools has generated rich speculation about nature interactions these Pleistocene humans: Did hominins scavenge on that died a natural death or maybe even hunt some individuals? Our archaeozoological study P. antiquus assemblage known, excavated from...
Studies of ancient lake sites in Germany suggest landscape manipulation by prehistoric hunter-gatherers, 125,000 years ago.
Abstract We review palaeoenvironmental proxies and combinations of these relevant for understanding hunter-gatherer niche construction activities in pre-agricultural Europe. Our approach consists two steps: (1) identify the possible range impacts on landscapes based ethnographic studies; (2) evaluate possibly reflecting both Eemian (Last Interglacial, Middle Palaeolithic) Early–Middle Holocene (Mesolithic). found paleoenvironmental were not able to unequivocally establish clear-cut...
Abstract This paper examines both decorative and formal change in the ceramics of Tichitt tradition Mauritania (c. 1900-400 BC), this tradition's expression Middle Niger, Faïta Facies 1300 – 200 BC). Using attribute-based comparisons, a wide range assemblages from Mali are utilised to demonstrate how temporal divisions may be discerned sequence. Particular attention is paid definition Early Late ceramic phases origins finewares Niger. It notable that Tradition feature frequent early examples...
This article focuses on hunter-gatherer impact interglacial vegetation in Europe, using a case study from the Early Holocene (9200–8700 BP). We present novel agent-based model, hereafter referred to as HUMLAND (HUMan LANDscapes), specifically developed define key factors continental-level changes via assessment of differences between pollen-based reconstruction and dynamic global model output (climate-based cover). The identified significant difference these two datasets can be partially...
There is no consensus on the chronology of fire use, with suggestions ranging from earliest use by Homo erectus 1.8 mya to relatively recent Anatomically Modern Humans. While it widely agreed that would have been of great assistance in moving into areas a temperate climate, early sites middle latitudes across Eurasia lack convincing evidence for before about 400,000 years ago. It not clear whether this represents real pattern, or limitation past research methods and survival. Establishing...
Studies of the defence capacity ancient hominins against toxic substances may contribute importantly to reconstruction their niche, including diets and use fire. Fire usage implies frequent exposure hazardous compounds from smoke heated food, known affect general health fertility, probably resulting in genetic selection for improved detoxification. To investigate whether such occurred, we investigated alleles Neanderthals, Denisovans modern humans at gene polymorphisms well-known be relevant...
Recent archaeobotanical analysis revealed that the botanical remains from site of Tongo Maaré Diabal (Mali) are composed primarily pearl millet (up to 85%). Contemporaneous West African sites (500–1200 Cal AD) usually display more diverse patterns, especially by end this period. Indeed, contemporary urban Sahel often comprise combined and diversified farming systems (Pennisetum glaucum), rice (Oryza glaberrima), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), Echinochloa sp. fonio (Digitatia exilis). This...
Claude de Seyssel, bishop of Marseille, archbishop Turin, and councillor to Louis XII, is perhaps best known as the author La Grande Monarchie France (published 1519). Patricia Eichel-Lojkine Laurent Vissière's useful critical edition another work by Les Louenges du roy Louys XIIede ce nom (Paris: Antoine Vérard, 1508), attempts show continuity in his political thought, which, they argue, deserves be compared with that Erasmus, More, or Machiavelli for its sophistication. In this apparently...