Search Results - "Gidna, Agness"
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Molecular and isotopic evidence for milk, meat, and plants in prehistoric eastern African herder food systems
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (05-05-2020)“…The development of pastoralism transformed human diets and societies in grasslands worldwide. The long-term success of cattle herding in Africa has been…”
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Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers
Published in Nature (London) (10-03-2022)“…Multiple lines of genetic and archaeological evidence suggest that there were major demographic changes in the terminal Late Pleistocene epoch and early…”
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Ancient DNA reveals a multistep spread of the first herders into sub-Saharan Africa
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (05-07-2019)“…How food production first entered eastern Africa ~5000 years ago and the extent to which people moved with livestock is unclear. We present genome-wide data…”
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Early Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (10-11-2023)“…In Africa, the scarcity of hominin remains found in direct association with stone tools has hindered attempts to link Homo habilis and Homo erectus with…”
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A 3D taphonomic model of long bone modification by lions in medium-sized ungulate carcasses
Published in Scientific reports (02-03-2021)“…Here, we present the first three-dimensional taphonomic analysis of a carnivore-modified assemblage at the anatomical scale of the appendicular skeleton. A…”
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Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast
Published in Nature (London) (30-03-2023)“…The urban peoples of the Swahili coast traded across eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean and were among the first practitioners of Islam among sub-Saharan…”
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Dental morphology in Homo habilis and its implications for the evolution of early Homo
Published in Nature communications (04-01-2024)“…The phylogenetic position of Homo habilis is central to debates over the origin and early evolution of the genus Homo . A large portion of the species hypodigm…”
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A study of dimensional differences of tooth marks (pits and scores) on bones modified by small and large carnivores
Published in Archaeological and anthropological sciences (01-09-2012)“…The use of tooth mark sizes to infer carnivore types when analyzing the modification of faunal assemblages has been criticized on the base of intense overlap…”
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Do human butchery patterns exist? A study of the interaction of randomness and channelling in the distribution of cut marks on long bones
Published in Journal of the Royal Society interface (01-01-2021)“…Bone surface modifications (BSMs) in faunal assemblages are frequently used to infer past agency and actions of hominins and carnivores, with implications for…”
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Early Pleistocene faunivorous hominins were not kleptoparasitic, and this impacted the evolution of human anatomy and socio-ecology
Published in Scientific reports (09-08-2021)“…Humans are unique in their diet, physiology and socio-reproductive behavior compared to other primates. They are also unique in the ubiquitous adaptation to…”
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Detecting and mapping the ‘ephemeral’: magnetometric survey of a Pastoral Neolithic settlement at Luxmanda, Tanzania
Published in Antiquity (01-04-2022)“…Common assumptions about the ephemeral archaeological signature of pastoralist settlements have limited the application of geophysical techniques in the…”
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Distinct mandibular premolar crown morphology in Homo naledi and its implications for the evolution of Homo species in southern Africa
Published in Scientific reports (06-08-2020)“…Homo naledi displays a combination of features across the skeleton not found in any other hominin taxon, which has hindered attempts to determine its placement…”
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Grinding-stone features from the Pastoral Neolithic at Luxmanda, Tanzania
Published in Antiquity (01-04-2021)“…The initial spread of food production in eastern Africa is associated with livestock herding during the Pastoral Neolithic. Recent excavation at Luxmanda,…”
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First partial skeleton of a 1.34-million-year-old Paranthropus boisei from Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Published in PloS one (05-12-2013)“…Recent excavations in Level 4 at BK (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania) have yielded nine hominin teeth, a distal humerus fragment, a proximal radius with much…”
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Revisiting an old profile: an updated geoarchaeological study at Nasera Rockshelter (Tanzania)
Published in Journal of quaternary science (01-10-2020)“…ABSTRACT Nasera Rockshelter hosts a highly continuous sedimentary record, containing a wide array of archaeological remains from Middle Stone Age, Later Stone…”
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Accessory cusp expression at the enamel-dentine junction of hominin mandibular molars
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (20-05-2021)“…Studies of hominin dental morphology frequently consider accessory cusps on the lower molars, in particular those on the distal margin of the tooth (C6 or…”
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Neo-taphonomic analysis of the Misiam leopard lair from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania): understanding leopard-hyena interactions in open settings
Published in Royal Society open science (20-07-2022)“…Misiam is a modern wildebeest-dominated accumulation situated in a steep ravine covered with dense vegetation at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). It is interpreted…”
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Earliest porotic hyperostosis on a 1.5-million-year-old hominin, olduvai gorge, Tanzania
Published in PloS one (03-10-2012)“…Meat-eating was an important factor affecting early hominin brain expansion, social organization and geographic movement. Stone tool butchery marks on ungulate…”
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Pastoral Neolithic Settlement at Luxmanda, Tanzania
Published in Journal of field archaeology (17-02-2018)“…The later Holocene spread of pastoralism throughout eastern Africa profoundly changed socio-economic and natural landscapes. During the Pastoral Neolithic (ca…”
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A method for reconstructing human femoral length from fragmented shaft specimens
Published in Homo : internationale Zeitschrift fur die vergleichende Forschung am Menschen (01-02-2013)“…The present study introduces a method to estimate the length of femora from partial elements, including incomplete diaphyseal fragments. The method is based on…”
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