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Archaeology Africa
José Yravedra, David M. Martín-Perea, Fernando Díez-Martín, … Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo. (2019). Journal of African Earth Sciences, Page 103545, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 June 2019.
Aurore Val. (2019). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 26, Page 101880.
Human evolution Africa
Comparative isotopic evidence from East Turkana supports a dietary shift within the genus Homo
DB Patterson, DR Braun, K Allen, WA Barr… – Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2019
… a, The geographic position of East Turkana in eastern Africa … We compare the diachronic dietary evolution of Homo with that of contemporaneous large mammals within the context of evidence from palaeosol carbonates of …
LA Courtenay, J Yravedra, J Aramendi… – Quaternary International, 2019
… Abstract. The Lower Pleistocene site of Bell’s Korongo (BK) in Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) has been a key site for the study of the origin of human behaviour. The lower archaeological levels of BK are characterized by anthropogenic …