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Pleistocene epoch
Also known as: Pleistocene epoch, Pleistocene
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The role of Plant Foods in the evolution and Dispersal of early Humans kernsverlag.com Jul 30, 2022 10 facts
claimThere is no direct evidence for Pleistocene plant food use by Homo sapiens or earlier hominin populations in the Wallacean Archipelago due to poor preservation and a lack of systematic archaeobotanical recovery.
referenceBulbeck, Sumantri, and Hiscock (2004) documented Leang Sakapao 1 as a dated Pleistocene archaeological site in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
referenceThe archaeological record in Pleistocene Wallacea lacks evidence of grinding stones and ground-edge axes, according to Shipton et al. (2020).
referenceGround-edge axes in the Pleistocene are limited to the northern region of Sahul, according to Ford and Hiscock (2021).
referenceGaffney (2020) examined Pleistocene water crossings and the adaptive flexibility of the Homo genus.
claimThe movement of humans across the Wallacean Archipelago and the peopling of Sahul, the Pleistocene continent encompassing Australia, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands, represents a critical threshold in human history where populations crossed biogeographic boundaries that were impassable for other animals, including hominin ancestors such as Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonensis, and possibly Denisovans.
referenceFairbairn, A. S., Hope, G. S., and Summerhayes, G. R. (2006) researched the Pleistocene occupation of New Guinea’s highland and subalpine environments, published in World Archaeology 38, 371–386.
referenceM. Ben-Dor, R. Sirtoli, and R. Barkai published 'The Evolution of the Human Trophic Level During the Pleistocene' in the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology in 2021.
claimIn the smaller islands of Wallacea, such as Sulawesi, Luzon, and Flores, settlement during the Pleistocene and Holocene was almost entirely reliant on marine fauna until the introduction of domesticated plants and animals, due to the scarcity of large- and medium-bodied terrestrial fauna.
referenceHardy (2010) explored the implications of climatic variability and plant food distribution in Pleistocene Europe for Neanderthal diet and subsistence.
(PDF) Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Diet and Nutrition academia.edu 1 fact
claimPlant foods containing high quantities of starch were essential for the evolution of the human phenotype during the Pleistocene.
The Evolution of Human Nutrition carta.anthropogeny.org Dec 7, 2012 1 fact
claimThe term 'Paleolithic' is defined in two ways: it either encompasses the entire Pleistocene epoch extending back over 2 million years, or it refers specifically to the Upper Palaeolithic period and pre-agriculture modern human ancestors, dating back approximately 40,000 to 50,000 years.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimThe mismatch between evolved fear responses and the modern world is potentially caused by the fact that spiders and snakes posed a danger to early humans during the Pleistocene, whereas guns, rabbits, and flowers did not.