Fire in the plio-pleistocene: The functions of hominin fire use, and the mechanistic, developmental and evolutionary consequences

Journal of Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-20

  Attwell, Laura ^a   Kovarovic, Kris ^a   Kendal, Jeremy R ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooking; Fire; Hominin dispersal; Niche construction; Photoperiodicity; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOLOGY; CHINA; COOKING; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FIRE; HISTORY; HOMINID; ISRAEL; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHINA; COOKING; EUROPE; FIRES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; ISRAEL; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84937825463     PISSN: 18274765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4436/jass.93006     Document Type: Article

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