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Investigating the Risk of Violence During the Neolithic to the Late Iron Age in Northeast Thailand (c. 1400 B.C. – A.D. 800)
The prehistoric period c. 4000 BC – 800 AD (Early Neolithic to the Late Iron Age) is an important period of cultural, environmental, and...
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Worldwide Research on Australopiths
Australopiths are a group of early human ancestors that lived approximately 4 to 2 million years ago and are considered a key transitional form...
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The Earliest Humans in Africa
As new fossils were discovered in the 1960s, the substantial gap between Australopithecus and Homo nearly vanished. Cranial capacities were found to...
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Four-Field Co-evolutionary Model for Human Cognition: Variation in the Middle Stone Age/Middle Palaeolithic
Here we explore variation and similarities in the two best-represented population groups who lived during the Middle Stone Age and Middle...
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Erectines of the West
Fossils of erectine-grade hominins appear in Africa earlier than in Asia, but the relationship between them is unclear. Morphological changes,...
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Leaving Africa
With few exceptions, the first humans out of Africa left evidence of tools rather than bones. The migration into Asia occurred rapidly, with...
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Binding, Wrap**, Constricting, and Constraining the Head: A Consideration of Cranial Vault Modification and the Pain of Infants
The intentional and permanent modification of head shape was common throughout antiquity. This intimate practice involved binding the head of infants...
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Understanding Australopiths
Chapter 7 explores the biology of the australopiths beyond their taxonomy, examining the evidence for their habitats, diet, and social structure....
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Bovidae and Giraffidae from the Baynunah Formation
Study of new and previously discovered remains indicates the presence of at least three giraffidGiraffidae (giraffid) and eight bovid species in the...
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The Poetics of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Egypt
Studies of violence in ancient Egypt tend to focus on dramatic images of the king trampling enemies in his chariot, tales of painful and lethal...
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An Ontological Approach
Human life is messy. Lived experience is not merely an accumulation of acts that affected an individual’s well-being but reflects the ebb and flow of...
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Isotopic Analyses in the Andes: From the Macro- to Micro-scale
Substantial environmental and geologic variability in the Andes of South America make this region well-suited for isotopic paleomobility studies...
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Bodily Transformation and Sacralization: Human Sacrifice in Southwestern Mesoamerica
My intention in this contribution is to use the structural model of human sacrifice proposed by Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss (1964 [1898]) in order...
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Critique of the “Black Pharaohs” Theme: Racist Perspectives of Egyptian and Kushite/Nubian Interactions in Popular Media
Two recent documentaries promote a “Black Pharaohs” theme in which Kushite rulers overthrew the superior Egyptians and ruled Egypt (Twenty-Fifth...
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Evolving Human Brains: Paleoneurology and the Fate of Middle Pleistocene
In the evolutionary radiation of the human genus, we have observed changes in both brain size and proportions. Some of these morphological...
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Pleistocene Hominin Fossil Record of Africa
Which hominins are responsible for creating the Pleistocene archaeological record of Africa? Given that tool use has been recorded through...
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Touching the Surface: Biological, Behavioural, and Emotional Aspects of Plagiocephaly at Harappa
In biology, the maternal–fetal interface refers specifically to the hemochorial, immunological, and hormonal relations between mother and offspring...
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Tumuli at Tombos: Innovation, Tradition, and Variability in Nubia during the Early Napatan Period
Excavations at the site of Tombos at the Third Cataract in Sudan have revealed tumulus graves adjacent to Egyptian-style tombs created during the New...
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Late Pleistocene Homo and the Emergence of Modern Humans
Three species of humans (at least) were present in Africa and Eurasia during the Late Pleistocene. Neanderthals evolved in Europe and expanded well...
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Aduma, Ethiopia
The Aduma localities (10.42°N, 40.52°E) in the Middle Awash study area are known for rich archaeological occurrences broadly dated to the early Late...