The pre-Natufian Epipaleolithic: long-term behavioral trends in the Levant [0.03%]
Natufian之前的时代：黎凡特旧石器时代晚期的行为趋势
Lisa A Maher,Tobias Richter,Jay T Stock
Lisa A Maher
Few cultural developments have taken on as much archeological significance as when people began living in villages and producing their own food. The economic, social, technological, and ideological transformations immediately preceding and ...
Ellen J M Meulman,Crickette M Sanz,Elisabetta Visalberghi et al.
Ellen J M Meulman et al.
"Complex technology" has often been considered a hallmark of human evolution. However, recent findings show that wild monkeys are also capable of habitual tool use. Here we suggest that terrestriality may have been of crucial importance for...
The science behind pre-Columbian evidence of syphilis in Europe: research by documentary [0.03%]
美洲大陆发现之前欧洲梅毒证据的科学研究纪录片研究
George J Armelagos,Molly K Zuckerman,Kristin N Harper
George J Armelagos
This article discusses the presentation of scientific findings by documentary, without the process of peer review. We use, as an example, PBS's "The Syphilis Enigma," in which researchers presented novel evidence concerning the origin of sy...
The Fleagle factor: in life and publishing alike, the editor has the final say [0.03%]
弗利格尔效应：不论是生活还是出版界，编辑拥有最终决定权
Kenneth M Weiss
Kenneth M Weiss
Wendy M Erb,Kerry Ossi-Lupo,Gráinne McCabe et al.
Wendy M Erb et al.
Marie-France Deguilloux,Rachael Leahy,Marie-Hélène Pemonge et al.
Marie-France Deguilloux et al.
Neolithic processes underlying the distribution of genetic diversity among European populations have been the subject of intense debate since the first genetic data became available. However, patterns observed in the current European gene p...
European Miocene hominids and the origin of the African ape and human clade [0.03%]
欧洲的中新世猿类和非洲类人猿及人类亚科的起源
David R Begun,Mariam C Nargolwalla,László Kordos
David R Begun
In 1871, Darwin famously opined, "In each great region of the world the living mammals are closely related to the extinct species of the same region. It is therefore probable that Africa was formerly inhabited by extinct apes closely allied...
The Omo-Turkana Basin fossil hominins and their contribution to our understanding of human evolution in Africa [0.03%]
奥莫-图尔卡纳盆地的古人类化石及其对非洲人类进化研究的影响
Bernard Wood,Meave Leakey
Bernard Wood
The Omo-Turkana Basin, including the hominin fossil sites around Lake Turkana and the sites along the lower reaches of the Omo River, has made and continues to make an important contribution to improving our murky understanding of human evo...
René Bobe
René Bobe
Although best known for its fossil hominins, the Omo-Turkana Basin of Kenya and Ethiopia is the source of one of the best records of vertebrate evolution from the Late Cenozoic of Africa. Located near the heart of the East African Rift Vall...