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This is a review of an edited volume. It's about the Pleistocene archaeology of Africa.

Zooarchaeology is an established subfield of archaeology that incorporates a variety of interdisciplinary tools. Advances in analytical methods like radiocarbon dating, stable isotope analysis, and ancient DNA analysis h...

Siran Upendra Deraniyagala was a remarkable and influential figure in South Asian Paleolithic archaeology. His extensive excavations of Palaeolithic sites, his massive synthesis of chronology and ecological context of pr...

This is a book review.

Book review.

Here, we present preliminary results from research investigating the influence of different pedagogical methods on skill acquisition amongst novice knappers, with implications for interpreting the Paleolithic and devisin...

Humans around the world likely used thrusting spears during much of the Paleolithic period. A key development in spear evolution was the addition of a sharp stone tip. Here, we examined via controlled experiment whether ...

This is the first part of a special issue on the impact of Upper Pleistocene climatic and environmental change on hominin occupations and landscape use. In this part there are six contributions: Davies, W., and Nigst,...

The marine environment plays a central role in the migration of Homo sapiens to Sahul c. 65,000 years ago. Despite the lower mean sea level at this time, humans must have made a maritime crossing from Sunda to Sahul. Whi...

Recent studies of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in the northwestern Caucasus are focused on the research of relations between natural (climate and environment) and social (behavior and adaptations) factors that govern...