The Emergence of Habitual Ochre Use in Africa and its Significance for The Development of Ritual Behavior During The Middle Stone Age

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Middle and Later Stone Age chronology of Kisese II rockshelter (UNESCO World Heritage Kondoa Rock-Art Sites), Tanzania

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Long-distance stone transport and pigment use in the earliest Middle Stone Age

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The earliest modern humans outside Africa

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Did Our Species Evolve in Subdivided Populations across Africa, and Why Does It Matter?

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Synchrony and Physiological Arousal Increase Cohesion and Cooperation in Large Naturalistic Groups

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(2017) Daniel Richter et al.   NATURE

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(2017) Tammy Hodgskiss et al.   PLoS One

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(2017) Daniela Eugenia Rosso et al.   PLoS One

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(2017) Carina M. Schlebusch et al.   SCIENCE

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The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa

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Evaluating the Photoprotective Effects of Ochre on Human Skin by In Vivo SPF Assessment: Implications for Human Evolution, Adaptation and Dispersal

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(2009) Karim Sadr   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

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(2009) Cara Roure Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

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