- Middle Pleistocene hominin dispersals, Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Human Evolution, Lithics, Modern human origins, Paleolithic art, rock art, and 64 moreNeanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology), Middle Stone Age (Archaeology), Evolution of Cognition, Evolutionary Archaeology, Consulting archaeology, British Prehistory (Archaeology), Chaîne Opératoire, Cultural Resource Management (Archaeology), British Archaeological Reports, Journal of Wetland Archaeology 2011, Anthropology Of Technology (Anthropology), Mesolithic Europe, Mesolithic Archaeology, Archaeological Site Formation Processes, Public Archaeology, Community Archaeology, Public and Community Engagement, Palaeolithic Archaeology, Hominin Palaeontology, Evolutionary Psychology and Cognitive Psychology, Palaeoecology, Palaeoenvironment, and Palaeoclimate studies, Anthropological Genetics, Palaeopathology, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Cognitive archaeology, Palaeolithic Europe, Palaeolithic archaeology, Mesolithic archaeology, Prehistoric transitions, Environmental archaeology, Archaeozoology, Pleistocene fauna, Palaeoclimate, Refugia and recolonisation, Spatial analysis, Palaeolithic art and symbolism, Lower Palaeolithic Tools, Lower Palaeolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Middle Palaeolithic, Lower and Middle Paleolithic, Quaternary Geology, Ethnoarchaeology, Theoretical Archaeology, Landscape archaeology (Anthropology), Stone tool technology, Evolution and Human Behavior, Primate Archaeology, Conceptual Metaphor, Archaeological Methodology, Acheulian (Archaeology), Holocene sea level change, Anthropology of space, Urban Anthropology, Social Anthropology, Cultural Semiotics, Archaeology of Place, Iberian Prehistory (Archaeology), Quaternary palaeoclimate and tectonics, Palaeolithic Archaeology, Social Cognition, Evolutionary Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Experimental Knapping, Solutrean, Magdalenian, Gravettian, Mousterian, Lithic Refitting, Neolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology, Paleoanthropology, Primate Evolution, Origin of Bipedality, Functional and Evolutionary Morphology of the Postcranium (Especially Hands and Feet), Primate Locomotion and Manipulative Capabilities, Adaptation and the Comparative Method, and History of Archaeologyedit
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The debate over whether Africa was the sole home of hominin species (excepting Homo neanderthalensis and Homo floresiensis) is not completely won (Dennell, 2009: 466). Homo erectus (sensu lato) is often thought to be the first species to... more
The debate over whether Africa was the sole home of hominin species (excepting Homo neanderthalensis and Homo floresiensis) is not completely won (Dennell, 2009: 466). Homo erectus (sensu lato) is often thought to be the first species to have left Africa and entered Asia (Langbroek, 2004: 11; Klein, 2005: 102), with occasional discussions on earlier hominids (such as australopithecines) having made this symbolic breakthrough (Templeton, 2002: 48; Dennell and Roebroeks, 2005: 1100). The role of climate has often been used to discuss the emergence of a particular species, however it has been less discussed when approaching why a species – (Homo erectus) – may have evolved into a new species – (Homo heidelbergensis) – on one continent, whilst seemingly persisting for a large period of time on another, with little change to its skeletal morphology.
Homo erectus became ubiquitous (Bonnefille, 2010: 408) across a number of environments across Africa and Asia, from high plateau to sea level, temperate to tropical, desert to rainforest as well as persisting from c.1.7 Ma to maybe c. 60 Ka (Klein, 2005: 106). The emergence of this species is believed to have been triggered by climatic changes c. 1.8 Ma, as was its dispersal across the old world (or before) (Bar Yosef, 1998: 267; Clark, 1998: 437). Ultimately, the equation for hominin occupation and survival across the earth required access to water, food and stone (Dennell, 2009: 476).
Homo erectus became ubiquitous (Bonnefille, 2010: 408) across a number of environments across Africa and Asia, from high plateau to sea level, temperate to tropical, desert to rainforest as well as persisting from c.1.7 Ma to maybe c. 60 Ka (Klein, 2005: 106). The emergence of this species is believed to have been triggered by climatic changes c. 1.8 Ma, as was its dispersal across the old world (or before) (Bar Yosef, 1998: 267; Clark, 1998: 437). Ultimately, the equation for hominin occupation and survival across the earth required access to water, food and stone (Dennell, 2009: 476).
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Undergraduate students organised a series of field trips for Archaeology students with the aim of promoting discipline-specific interaction across undergraduate year groups, and also giving third year students extra employability skills.... more
Undergraduate students organised a series of field trips for Archaeology students with the aim of promoting discipline-specific interaction across undergraduate year groups, and also giving third year students extra employability skills. The project was to become self-suffcient after funding for the first year of its life.