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Book Review: The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia

The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia: Paleoenvironments, Prehistory and Genetics (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology). Michael D. Petraglia and Jeffrey I. Rose, eds. The Netherlands: Springer. 2009. 312 pp., $129.00 USD. Nestled between three continents that have a rich record … Continue reading

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Getting there is half the fun: Early Homo

The Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary presents a period of transformation in human evolution. This is a period after which it is clear that early humans are using subsistence strategies that can be characterized as hunting and gathering, assisted with the advent of … Continue reading

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