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Application of scar pattern analysis to the studies of microblade industries: Case study of Mamakan VI and Bolshoy Yakor I Paleolithic sites, Eastern Siberia 疤痕模式分析在微刀片工业研究中的应用——以东西伯利亚Mamakan VI和Bolshoy Yakor I旧石器时代遗址为例

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Anthropologie Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2025.103394

Aleksandr A. Ulanov , Alexey V. Tetenkin

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Stress environnemental et repeuplement des Néandertaliens dans le Caucase du Nord-Ouest 西北高加索地区的环境压力和尼安德特人的重新定居

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Anthropologie Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2025.103389

Liubov V. Golovanova , Ekaterina V. Doronicheva , Vladimir B. Doronichev , Vladimir A. Tselmovitch , Ivan G. Shirobokov

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Preneolithic and Neolithic influences of artifacts assemblage from 12,150 ± 40 BP Gua Tembus, Ketil Valley, Baling, Kedah, Malaysia 马来西亚吉打州巴陵Ketil山谷Gua Tembus地区12,150±40 BP前新石器时代和新石器时代器物组合的影响

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Anthropologie Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2025.103388

Zuliskandar Ramli , Mohammad Razin Norman , Hamisatun Adilah Mohamed Abd Aziz

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Caravanserai, a lesser-known aspect of Harappan trade mechanism: A case study of Kotada Bhadli, Kachchh, Gujarat, India 商队：哈拉帕贸易机制中鲜为人知的一面：以印度古吉拉特邦Kachchh的Kotada Bhadli为例

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Anthropologie Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2025.103409

Prabodh Shirvalkar , Esha Prasad , Yadubirsingh Rawat

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Analyzing the symbolic meaning of bovidae in prehistoric cultures, particularly emphasizing ibex motifs in ancient Iranian arts 分析史前文化中牛科动物的象征意义，特别强调古伊朗艺术中的野山羊图案

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Anthropologie Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2025.103384

Shirin Torkamandi , Marcel Otte , Abbas Motarjem

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Landscape of Lower and Middle Paleolithic sites in Ha’il province, northern Saudi Arabia 沙特阿拉伯北部哈伊勒省旧石器时代中下部遗址景观

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Anthropologie Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2024.103346

Ahmed Nassr , Yahya Alfraidi , Ahmed Elhassan , Ali Tueaiman , Tarek Abdelazim , Fawaz Alhamli

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Beyond the mines: Chalcolithic pattern of settlement along the Khetri belt, Rajasthan, India 矿山之外：沿印度拉贾斯坦邦Khetri带的铜器时代定居模式

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Anthropologie Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2025.103405

Esha Prasad , Prabodh Shirvalkar , Shashank Babu , Tariq Tamboli

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Le Paléolithique moyen à l’est de la Mer Noire 黑海以东的旧石器时代中期

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Anthropologie Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2025.103387

Marcel Otte

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Cultural change between 40-50 ka in southern China : Implications for modern human dispersals in Eurasia 中国南方40-50 ka之间的文化变迁：对现代人类在欧亚大陆扩散的启示

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Anthropologie Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2025.103406

Yuduan Zhou , Xiangxi Lan , Zixuan Shen , Ruxi Yang , Dawei Li , Justin Guibert , Antonio Pérez-Balarezo , Valéry Zeitoun , Hubert Forestier

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Taphonomic approach of Gravettian mortuary practices: Comparative study of Human and Saiga antelope from Buran-Kaya III (Crimea) 墓地习俗的语音学研究：克里米亚布兰-卡亚III区人类和赛加羚羊的比较研究

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Anthropologie Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2025.103386

Laurent Crépin , Stéphane Péan , Marylène Patou-Mathis , Alexander Yanevich , Sandrine Prat

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