African Origins
A researchers’ encounter on African Prehistory
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Latest publications
Human evolution Africa
Scapular anatomy of Paranthropus boisei from Ileret, Kenya
DJ Green, H Chirchir, E Mbua, JWK Harris, DR Braun… – Journal of Human Evolution, 2018
… Volume 125, December 2018, Pages 181-192. Journal of Human Evolution … This fossil effectively doubles the record of Early Pleistocene scapulae from East Africa, with KNM-WT 15000 (early African Homo erectus) …
1.9-million-and 2.4-million-year-old artifacts and stone tool–cutmarked bones from Ain Boucherit, Algeria
M Sahnouni, JM Parés, M Duval, I Cáceres… – Science, 2018
… Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana … East Africa has provided the earliest known evidence for Oldowan …
Quaternary Africa
Geometric-morphometric analysis of tooth pits and the identification of felid and hyenid agency in bone modification
MC Arriaza, J Aramendi, MÁ Maté-González… – Quaternary International, 2018
… JavaScript is disabled on your browser. Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. Elsevier. Quaternary International … Quaternary International. Geometric-morphometric analysis of tooth pits and the …