Neandertals and modern humans in Western Asia /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Akazawa, Takeru, 1938-, Aoki, Kenichi, 1948-, Bar-Yosef, Ofer
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1998]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Evolutionary implications of altered perspectives on hominine demes and populations in the later Pleistocene of western Eurasia
  • Chronological and biogeographic perspectives on later human evolution
  • The chronology of the Middle Paleolithic of the Levant
  • Progress in ESR and U-series chronology of the Levantine Paleolithic
  • GIF laboratory dates for Middle Paleolithic Levant
  • The faunal sequence of the Southwest Asian Middle Paleolithic in relation to hominid dispersal events
  • The earliest Paleolithic occupation in Syria
  • Site formation processes in Kebara and Hayonim Caves and their significance in Levantine prehistoric caves
  • Intrasite spatial patterns and behavioral modernity : indications from the Late Levantine Mousterian rockshelter of Tor Faraj, southern Jordan
  • The lithic assemblages of Amud Cave : implications for understanding the end of the Mousterian in the Levant
  • Hayonim Cave lithic assemblages in the context of the Near Eastern Middle Paleolithic : a preliminary report
  • Bitumen as hafting material on Middle Paleolithic artifacts from the El Kowm Basin, Syria
  • The technological abilities of the Levantine Mousterians : cultural and mental capacities
  • The role of hunting and scavenging in Neandertal procurement strategies : new evidence from Kebara Cave (Israel)
  • Pleistocene species trends at Hayonim Cave : changes in climate versus human behavior
  • Neandertal and early modern human mobility patterns : comparing archaeological and anatomical evidence
  • Prospects for stable isotopic analysis of Later Pleistocene hominid diets in West Asia and Europe
  • Climatic changes, paleogeography, and the evolution of the Neandertals
  • Sapiens and Neandertals : rethinking the Levantine Middle Paleolithic hominids
  • Anatomy of the Neandertal infant skeleton from Dederiyeh Cave, Syria
  • The search for the earliest modern Europeans : a comparison of the es-Skhul 1 and Krapina 1 juveniles
  • Does any Mousterian cave present evidence of two hominid species?
  • Morphological variation in West Asian postcrania : implications for obstetric and locomotor behavior
  • Ontogenetic variation in Late Pleistocene Homo sapiens from the Near East : implications for methodological bias in reconstructing evolutionary biology
  • Upper limb versus lower limb loading patterns among Near Eastern Middle Paleolithic hominids
  • A reassessment of the Tabun C2 mandible
  • The evolution of culture : a comparative perspective
  • Domestic fire as evidence for language
  • A comparative perspective on Paleolithic cultural patterns
  • The Middle and the Early Upper Paleolithic around the Black Sea
  • Turkey as a key
  • The impact of climatic changes on the demography of Late Neandertal and early anatomically modern populations in Europe
  • Why anatomically modern people did not disperse from Africa 100,000 years ago
  • Afterword.