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Primate archaeology

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  • Michael Haslam

    (Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge)

  • Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar

    (Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge)

  • Victoria Ling

    (Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge)

  • Susana Carvalho

    (Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge)

  • Ignacio de la Torre

    (Institute of Archaeology, University College London)

  • April DeStefano

    (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA)

  • Andrew Du

    (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA)

  • Bruce Hardy

    (Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA)

  • Jack Harris

    (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA)

  • Linda Marchant

    (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA)

  • Tetsuro Matsuzawa

    (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan)

  • William McGrew

    (Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge)

  • Julio Mercader

    (University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada)

  • Rafael Mora

    (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona)

  • Michael Petraglia

    (Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge)

  • Hélène Roche

    (Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie, CNRS, Paris 92023, France)

  • Elisabetta Visalberghi

    (Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione)

  • Rebecca Warren

    (Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA)

Abstract

The new archaeology Archaeologists dig for evidence of past human activity, using artefacts such as tools, pottery and the detritus of day-to-day existence to build up a picture of life at the time. Non-human species feature rarely, appearing in the detritus if they were eaten, as domestic animals or for early archaeology, as dating evidence. This week's Review article summarizes the known overlaps between primatology and archaeology and goes on to make the case for a new field, primate archaeology. By examining the past and present material record of primates a number of important questions can be tackled from a new perspective. Primates use tools, create living sites and construct social groups. All these activities leave their mark in the archaeological record, and with it the evidence that puts the evolution of cognition and tool use in humans into context.

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  • Michael Haslam & Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar & Victoria Ling & Susana Carvalho & Ignacio de la Torre & April DeStefano & Andrew Du & Bruce Hardy & Jack Harris & Linda Marchant & Tetsuro Matsuzawa & Will, 2009. "Primate archaeology," Nature, Nature, vol. 460(7253), pages 339-344, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:460:y:2009:i:7253:d:10.1038_nature08188
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08188
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