The Plio-Pleistocene Boundary

The Plio-pleistocene Boundary in Southeast Spain: a Review

T. Bardaji,* J.L. Goy,t P.G. Siiva,t C. Zazo,t N.A. Miirner,§ L. Somoza,� c.J. Dabrioll and J. Baena** *Departmento Geolog(a, Universidad AlcalU de Henares, 28871 Madrid, Spain tDepartmento Geolog(a, Universidad Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain tDepartmento Geolog(a, Museo Nal. Ciencias Nat. C.S.I. C. Jose Gutierrez Abescal, 28005 Madrid, Spain §Paleogeophysics and Geodynamics, S·I0691 Stockho...

Male strategies and Plio-Pleistocene archaeology.

Archaeological data are frequently cited in support of the idea that big game hunting drove the evolution of early Homo, mainly through its role in offspring provisioning. This argument has been disputed on two grounds: (1) ethnographic observations on modern foragers show that although hunting may contribute a large fraction of the overall diet, it is an unreliable day-to-day food source, purs...

Facies Analysis and Plio- Pleistocene Paleoecology

North Atlantic climate evolution through the Plio-Pleistocene climate transitions

Hominid butchers and biting crocodiles in the African Plio–Pleistocene

Zooarchaeologists have long relied on linear traces and pits found on the surfaces of ancient bones to infer ancient hominid behaviors such as slicing, chopping, and percussive actions during butchery of mammal carcasses. However, such claims about Plio-Pleistocene hominids rely mostly on very small assemblages of bony remains. Furthermore, recent experiments on trampling animals and biting cro...