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Human interactions with tropical environments over the last 14,000 years at Iho Eleru, Nigeria by Cerasoni, Jacopo Niccolò, Hallett, Emily Yuko, Orijemie, Emuobosa Akpo, Ashastina, Kseniia, Lucas, Mary, Farr, Lucy, Höhn, Alexa, Kiahtipes, Christopher A., Blinkhorn, James, Roberts, Patrick, Manica, Andrea, Scerri, Eleanor M.L.

“…The Ihò Eléérú (or Iho Eleru) rock shelter, located in Southwest Nigeria, is the only site from which Pleistocene-age hominin fossils have been recovered in…”
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The Aterian and its place in the North African Middle Stone Age by Scerri, Eleanor M.L.

“…The Aterian is a frequently cited manifestation of the Middle Stone Age (MSA) of North Africa, yet its character and meaning have remained largely opaque, as…”
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Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene by Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Niang, Khady, Candy, Ian, Blinkhorn, James, Mills, William, Cerasoni, Jacopo N., Bateman, Mark D., Crowther, Alison, Groucutt, Huw S.

“…The African Middle Stone Age (MSA, typically considered to span ca. 300–30 thousand years ago [ka]), represents our species’ first and longest lasting cultural…”
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Cultural taxonomy for the European Upper Palaeolithic: a wide-ranging problem by Scerri, Eleanor M.L

“…Much of Reynolds and Riede's (2019) call to arms has resonance beyond the European Upper Palaeolithic, and will be familiar to many researchers working with…”
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The expansion of later Acheulean hominins into the Arabian Peninsula by Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Shipton, Ceri, Clark-Balzan, Laine, Frouin, Marine, Schwenninger, Jean-Luc, Groucutt, Huw S., Breeze, Paul S., Parton, Ash, Blinkhorn, James, Drake, Nick A., Jennings, Richard, Cuthbertson, Patrick, Omari, Abdulaziz Al, Alsharekh, Abdullah M., Petraglia, Michael D.

“…The Acheulean is the longest lasting cultural–technological tradition in human evolutionary history. However, considerable gaps remain in understanding the…”
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Nubian Levallois technology associated with southernmost Neanderthals by Blinkhorn, James, Zanolli, Clément, Compton, Tim, Groucutt, Huw S., Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Crété, Lucile, Stringer, Chris, Petraglia, Michael D., Blockley, Simon

“…Neanderthals occurred widely across north Eurasian landscapes, but between ~ 70 and 50 thousand years ago (ka) they expanded southwards into the Levant, which…”
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Directional changes in Levallois core technologies between Eastern Africa, Arabia, and the Levant during MIS 5 by Blinkhorn, James, Groucutt, Huw S., Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Petraglia, Michael D., Blockley, Simon

“…Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5, ~ 130 to 71 thousand years ago, was a key period for the geographic expansion of Homo sapiens , including engagement with new…”
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The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia by Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Frouin, Marine, Breeze, Paul S., Armitage, Simon J., Candy, Ian, Groucutt, Huw S., Drake, Nick, Parton, Ash, White, Tom S., Alsharekh, Abdullah M., Petraglia, Michael D.

“…The Arabian Peninsula is a critical geographic landmass situated between Africa and the rest of Eurasia. Climatic shifts across the Pleistocene periodically…”
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Neolithic pastoralism in marginal environments during the Holocene Humid Period, northern Saudi Arabia by Scerri, Eleanor M.L., Guagnin, Maria, Groucutt, Huw S., Armitage, Simon J., Parker, Luke E., Drake, Nick, Louys, Julien, Breeze, Paul S., Zahir, Muhammad, Alsharekh, Abdullah, Petraglia, Michael D.

“…The origins of agriculture in South-west Asia is a topic of continued archaeological debate. Of particular interest is how agricultural populations and…”
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A worked bone assemblage from 120,000–90,000 year old deposits at Contrebandiers Cave, Atlantic Coast, Morocco by Hallett, Emily Y., Marean, Curtis W., Steele, Teresa E., Álvarez-Fernández, Esteban, Jacobs, Zenobia, Cerasoni, Jacopo Niccolò, Aldeias, Vera, Scerri, Eleanor M.L., Olszewski, Deborah I., El Hajraoui, Mohamed Abdeljalil, Dibble, Harold L.

“…The emergence of Homo sapiens in Pleistocene Africa is associated with a profound reconfiguration of technology. Symbolic expression and personal…”
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Origins of modern human ancestry by Bergström, Anders, Stringer, Chris, Hajdinjak, Mateja, Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Skoglund, Pontus

“…New finds in the palaeoanthropological and genomic records have changed our view of the origins of modern human ancestry. Here we review our current…”
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The revolution that still isn't: The origins of behavioral complexity in Homo sapiens by Scerri, Eleanor M.L., Will, Manuel

“…The behavioral origins of Homo sapiens can be traced back to the first material culture produced by our species in Africa, the Middle Stone Age (MSA). Beyond…”
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Earliest evidence for the structure of Homo sapiens populations in Africa by Scerri, Eleanor M.L., Drake, Nick A., Jennings, Richard, Groucutt, Huw S.

“…Understanding the structure and variation of Homo sapiens populations in Africa is critical for interpreting multiproxy evidence of their subsequent dispersals…”
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Evaluating refugia in recent human evolution in Africa by Blinkhorn, James, Timbrell, Lucy, Grove, Matt, Scerri, Eleanor M L

“…have adapted to an incredible diversity of habitats around the globe. This capacity to adapt to different landscapes is clearly expressed within Africa, with…”
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The North African Middle Stone Age and its place in recent human evolution by Scerri, Eleanor M. L.

“…The North African Middle Stone Age (NAMSA, ∼300‐24 thousand years ago, or ka) features what may be the oldest fossils of our species as well as extremely early…”
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Did Our Species Evolve in Subdivided Populations across Africa, and Why Does It Matter? by Scerri, Eleanor M.L., Thomas, Mark G., Manica, Andrea, Gunz, Philipp, Stock, Jay T., Stringer, Chris, Grove, Matt, Groucutt, Huw S., Timmermann, Axel, Rightmire, G. Philip, d’Errico, Francesco, Tryon, Christian A., Drake, Nick A., Brooks, Alison S., Dennell, Robin W., Durbin, Richard, Henn, Brenna M., Lee-Thorp, Julia, deMenocal, Peter, Petraglia, Michael D., Thompson, Jessica C., Scally, Aylwyn, Chikhi, Lounès

“…We challenge the view that our species, Homo sapiens, evolved within a single population and/or region of Africa. The chronology and physical diversity of…”
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Skhul lithic technology and the dispersal of Homo sapiens into Southwest Asia by Groucutt, Huw S., Scerri, Eleanor M.L., Stringer, Chris, Petraglia, Michael D.

“…The Levantine sites of Skhul and Qafzeh have been interpreted as indicating an early, short and unsuccessful expansion of Homo sapiens out of Africa…”
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Tropical forests in the deep human past by Scerri, Eleanor M L, Roberts, Patrick, Yoshi Maezumi, S, Malhi, Yadvinder

“…Since Darwin, studies of human evolution have tended to give primacy to open 'savannah' environments as the ecological cradle of our lineage, with dense…”
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The climate and vegetation backdrop to hominin evolution in Africa by Gosling, William D, Scerri, Eleanor M L, Kaboth-Bahr, Stefanie

“…The most profound shift in the African hydroclimate of the last 1 million years occurred around 300 thousand years (ka) ago. This change in African…”
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Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years by Groucutt, Huw S., White, Tom S., Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Andrieux, Eric, Clark-Wilson, Richard, Breeze, Paul S., Armitage, Simon J., Stewart, Mathew, Drake, Nick, Louys, Julien, Price, Gilbert J., Duval, Mathieu, Parton, Ash, Candy, Ian, Carleton, W. Christopher, Shipton, Ceri, Jennings, Richard P., Zahir, Muhammad, Blinkhorn, James, Blockley, Simon, Al-Omari, Abdulaziz, Alsharekh, Abdullah M., Petraglia, Michael D.

“…Pleistocene hominin dispersals out of, and back into, Africa necessarily involved traversing the diverse and often challenging environments of Southwest Asia 1…”
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