African Origins
A researchers’ encounter on African Prehistory
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Latest publications
Lithic industry Africa
Climatic controls on Later Stone Age human adaptation in Africa’s southern Cape
Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 114, January 2018, Pages 35-44
Brian M. Chase, J. Tyler Faith, Alex Mackay, Manuel Chevalier, Andrew S. Carr, Arnoud Boom, Sophak Lim, Paula J. Reimer
Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 114, January 2018, Pages 35-44
Brian M. Chase, J. Tyler Faith, Alex Mackay, Manuel Chevalier, Andrew S. Carr, Arnoud Boom, Sophak Lim, Paula J. Reimer
Stone Age Africa
The revised stratigraphy of the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (Gauteng, South Africa) and associated perspectives
Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 114, January 2018, Pages 1-19
Laurent Bruxelles, Richard Maire, Amélie Beaudet, Raymond Couzens, Francis Duranthon, Jean-Baptiste Fourvel, Dominic Stratford, Francis Thackeray, José Braga
Small mammals from Marine Isotope Stage 5 at Klasies River, South Africa–Reconstructing the local palaeoenvironment
Quaternary International, Available online 16 October 2017, Pages
Turid Hillestad Nel, Sarah Wurz, Christopher Stuart Henshilwood
Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 114, January 2018, Pages 1-19
Laurent Bruxelles, Richard Maire, Amélie Beaudet, Raymond Couzens, Francis Duranthon, Jean-Baptiste Fourvel, Dominic Stratford, Francis Thackeray, José Braga
Small mammals from Marine Isotope Stage 5 at Klasies River, South Africa–Reconstructing the local palaeoenvironment
Quaternary International, Available online 16 October 2017, Pages
Turid Hillestad Nel, Sarah Wurz, Christopher Stuart Henshilwood