Understanding Ancient Hominin Dispersals Using Artefactual Data: A Phylogeographic Analysis of Acheulean Handaxes Export

@article{citeulike:5939377, abstract = {Reconstructing the dispersal patterns of extinct hominins remains a challenging but essential goal. One means of supplementing fossil evidence is to utilize archaeological evidence in the form of stone tools. Based on broad dating patterns, it has long been thought that the appearance of Acheulean handaxe technologies outside of Africa was the result of hominin dispersals, yet independent tests of this hypothesis remain rare. Cultural transmission theory leads to a prediction of a strong African versus non-African phylogeographic pattern in handaxe datasets, if the African Acheulean hypothesis is to be supported.}, author = {Lycett, Stephen J.}, citeulike-article-id = {5939377}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007404}, day = {14}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0007404}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, keywords = {acheulean, acheulian, cladistics, cultural-evolution, cultural-transmission, culture, evolutionary-archaeology, handaxes, hominin, hominins, lithics, mode-2, palaeolithic, social-transmission, stone-tools, technological-evolution}, month = {October}, number = {10}, pages = {e7404+}, posted-at = {2009-10-14 14:47:45}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, title = {Understanding Ancient Hominin Dispersals Using Artefactual Data: A Phylogeographic Analysis of Acheulean Handaxes}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007404}, volume = {4}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5939377 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5939377 N2 - Reconstructing the dispersal patterns of extinct hominins remains a challenging but essential goal. One means of supplementing fossil evidence is to utilize archaeological evidence in the form of stone tools. Based on broad dating patterns, it has long been thought that the appearance of Acheulean handaxe technologies outside of Africa was the result of hominin dispersals, yet independent tests of this hypothesis remain rare. Cultural transmission theory leads to a prediction of a strong African versus non-African phylogeographic pattern in handaxe datasets, if the African Acheulean hypothesis is to be supported. IS - 10 JF - PLoS ONE TI - Understanding Ancient Hominin Dispersals Using Artefactual Data: A Phylogeographic Analysis of Acheulean Handaxes PB - Public Library of Science VL - 4 SP - e7404 KW - acheulean KW - acheulian KW - cladistics KW - cultural-evolution KW - cultural-transmission KW - culture KW - evolutionary-archaeology KW - handaxes KW - hominin KW - hominins KW - lithics KW - mode-2 KW - palaeolithic KW - social-transmission KW - stone-tools KW - technological-evolution AU - Lycett, Stephen PY - 2009/10/14/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007404 ER -