African Origins
A researchers’ encounter on African Prehistory
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Latest publications
Stone Age Africa
Original Research Article
Biren A. Patel, Tea Jashashvili, Stephanie H. Bui, Kristian J. Carlson, Nicole L. Griffin, Ian J. Wallace, Caley M. Orr, Randall L. Susman. (2018). Journal of Human Evolution, Available online 24 May
Taphonomy of burnt bones from wonderwerk cave (South Africa)
Original Research Article
Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo, Laura Tormo, Peter Andrews, Dores Marín-Monfort. (2018). Quaternary International, Available online 23 May
Quaternary Africa
[PDF] Morphometric terrain analysis to explore present day geohazards and paleolandscape forms and features in the surroundings of the Melka Kunture prehistoric site …
M Maerker, C Schillaci, J Kropáček – AUC GEOGRAPHICA, 2018
… The area of Melka Kunture, in the Upper Awash val- ley of central Ethiopia, is one of the most important clusters of Palaeolithic sites in Eastern Africa … Effusive volcanic products such as tuffs, which are of Quaternary age, are …