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  1. The use of canid tooth marks on bone for the identification of livestock predation

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

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  2. Level U3.1, a new archaeological level discovered at BK (upper bed II, Olduvai Gorge) with evidence of megafaunal exploitation

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, October 2019, Elsevier

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  3. Assessing functionality during the early Acheulean in level TKSF at Thiongo Korongo site (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

    Article • Quaternary International, August 2019, Elsevier

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  4. Cut marks and raw material exploitation in the lower pleistocene site of Bell's Korongo (BK, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): A geometric morphometric analysis

    Article • Quaternary International, August 2019, Elsevier

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  5. Middle Pleistocene human occupation in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula during cold climate conditions: Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of ETB-H02 site in the Manzanares valley (Madrid, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, June 2019, Elsevier

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  6. Neanderthal diet in fluvial environments at the end of the Middle Pleistocene/early Late Pleistocene of PRERESA site in the Manzanares Valley (Madrid, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, June 2019, Elsevier

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  7. The Middle to Late Pleistocene herpetofaunal assemblages from the Jarama and Manzanares valleys (Madrid, central Spain): An ecological synthesis

    Article • Quaternary International, June 2019, Elsevier

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  8. Hominins and Proboscideans in the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic in the Central Iberian Peninsula

    Article • Quaternary International, June 2019, Elsevier

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  9. A geometric-morphometric assessment of three-dimensional models of experimental cut-marks using flint and quartzite flakes and handaxes

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2019, Elsevier

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  10. Application of geometric morphometrics to the analysis of cut mark morphology on different bones of differently sized animals. Does size really matter?

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2019, Elsevier

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  11. Applying new technologies to the taphonomic study of La Lluera (Asturias, Spain). Geometric morphometrics and the study of bone surface modifications (BSM)

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2019, Elsevier

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  12. Approaching raw material functionality in the Upper Magdalenian of Coímbre cave (Asturias, Spain) through geometric morphometrics

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2019, Elsevier

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  13. Combining machine learning algorithms and geometric morphometrics: A study of carnivore tooth marks

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, May 2019, Elsevier

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  14. First assessments of the taphonomic behaviour of jaguar (Panthera onca)

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2019, Elsevier

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  15. Geometric-morphometric analysis of tooth pits and the identification of felid and hyenid agency in bone modification

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2019, Elsevier

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  16. New taphonomic advances in 3D digital microscopy: A morphological characterisation of trampling marks

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2019, Elsevier

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  17. New technologies applied to modelling taphonomic alterations

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2019, Elsevier

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  18. Who ate OH80 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)? A geometric-morphometric analysis of surface bone modifications of a Paranthropus boisei skeleton

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2019, Elsevier

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  19. Characterising leopard as taphonomic agent through the use of micro-photogrammetric reconstruction of tooth marks and pit to score ratio

    Article • Historical Biology, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

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  20. Classifying agency in bone breakage: an experimental analysis of fracture planes to differentiate between hominin and carnivore dynamic and static loading using machine learning (ML) algorithms

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

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  21. Automated identification and deep classification of cut marks on bones and its paleoanthropological implications

    Article • Journal of Computational Science, March 2019, Elsevier

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  22. Lagomorph exploitation during the Upper Palaeolithic in the Northern Iberian Peninsula. New evidence from Coímbre Cave (Asturias, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, February 2019, Elsevier

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  23. Spilled ink blots the mind: A reply to Merrit et al. (2018) on subjectivity and bone surface modifications

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, February 2019, Elsevier

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  24. The exploitation of hunted resources during the Magdalenian in the Cantabrian region. Systematization of butchery processes at Coímbre cave (Asturias, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, February 2019, Elsevier

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  25. Striped hyenas as bone modifiers in dual human-to-carnivore experimental models

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

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  26. Testing accuracy in 2D and 3D geometric morphometric methods for cut mark identification and classification

    Article • PeerJ, July 2018, PeerJ

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  27. Differentiating percussion pits and carnivore tooth pits using 3D reconstructions and geometric morphometrics

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2018, PLOS

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  28. Recurrent Magdalenian occupation in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula: new insights from the archaeological site of La Peña de Estebanvela (Segovia, Spain)

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

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  29. Economic implications of livestock management strategies in the center of the Iberian Peninsula, Tagus Basin, and Mancha Alta region between the VIII and XI centuries AD

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

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  30. Biotic and abiotic processes affecting the formation of BK Level 4c (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge) and their bearing on hominin behavior at the site

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, December 2017, Elsevier

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  31. Discerning carnivore agency through the three-dimensional study of tooth pits: Revisiting crocodile feeding behaviour at FLK- Zinj and FLK NN3 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, December 2017, Elsevier

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  32. On applications of micro-photogrammetry and geometric morphometrics to studies of tooth mark morphology: The modern Olduvai Carnivore Site (Tanzania)

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, December 2017, Elsevier

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  33. The paleoecology and taphonomy of AMK (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge) and its contributions to the understanding of the “Zinj” paleolandscape

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, December 2017, Elsevier

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  34. 3D analysis of cut marks using a new geometric morphometric methodological approach

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

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  35. Hominin and carnivore interactions during the Early Pleistocene in Western Europe

    Article • L Anthropologie, November 2017, Elsevier

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  36. New evidences of exploitation of faunal remains in the Upper Palaeolithic in N Spain

    Article • Oxford Journal of Archaeology, October 2017, Wiley

    PhD Paloma Uzquiano Ollero, jose yravedra

  37. Use and abuse of cut mark analyses: The Rorschach effect

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, October 2017, Elsevier

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  38. Site function and lithic technology in the Acheulean technocomplex: a case study from Thiongo Korongo (TK), Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Article • Boreas, September 2017, Wiley

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  39. Flint and Quartzite: Distinguishing Raw Material Through Bone Cut Marks

    Article • Archaeometry, August 2017, Wiley

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  40. Statistical Comparison between Low-Cost Methods for 3D Characterization of Cut-Marks on Bones

    Article • Remote Sensing, August 2017, MDPI AG

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  41. The use of Micro-Photogrammetry and Geometric Morphometrics for identifying carnivore agency in bone assemblages

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, August 2017, Elsevier

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  42. Subsistencia, movilidad y adaptación al medio de los cazadores-recolectores gravetienses en el sector occidental de la región cantábrica: la cueva de Coímbre (Asturias)

    Article • Trabajos de Prehistoria, July 2017, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

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  43. A context for the last Neandertals of interior Iberia: Los Casares cave revisited

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2017, PLOS

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  44. Pandora : A new morphometric and statistical software for analysing and distinguishing cut marks on bones

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, June 2017, Elsevier

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  45. Assessment of statistical agreement of three techniques for the study of cut marks: 3D digital microscope, laser scanning confocal microscopy and micro-photogrammetry

    Article • Journal of Microscopy, May 2017, Wiley

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  46. Fluvial spatial taphonomy: a new method for the study of post-depositional processes

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

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  47. Spatial simulation and modelling of the early Pleistocene site of DS (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): a powerful tool for predicting potential archaeological information from unexcavated areas

    Article • Boreas, April 2017, Wiley

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  48. SHK Extension: a new archaeological window in the SHK fluvial landscape of Middle Bed II (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

    Article • Boreas, April 2017, Wiley

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  49. FLK West (Lower Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): a new early Acheulean site with evidence for human exploitation of fauna

    Article • Boreas, April 2017, Wiley

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  50. A new approach to raw material use in the exploitation of animal carcasses at BK (Upper Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): a micro-photogrammetric and geometric morphometric analysis of fossil cut marks

    Article • Boreas, January 2017, Wiley

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  51. Micro-photogrammetric and morphometric differentiation of cut marks on bones using metal knives, quartzite, and flint flakes

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

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  52. The larger mammal palimpsest from TK (Thiongo Korongo), Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Article • Quaternary International, September 2016, Elsevier

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  53. On the use of space at La Peña de Estebanvela (Ayllón, Segovia, Spain): An approach to economic and social behaviour in the Upper Magdalenian

    Article • Quaternary International, August 2016, Elsevier

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  54. Hominin-Carnivore Adaptive Strategies in Western Europe During the Early Pleistocene

    Article • Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, June 2016, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

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  55. Lions as Bone Accumulators? Paleontological and Ecological Implications of a Modern Bone Assemblage from Olduvai Gorge

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2016, PLOS

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  56. Not so deserted…paleoecology and human subsistence in Central Iberia (Guadalajara, Spain) around the Last Glacial Maximum

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, May 2016, Elsevier

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  57. The Magdalenian sequence at Coímbre cave (Asturias, Northern Iberian Peninsula): Adaptive strategies of hunter–gatherer groups in montane environments

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2016, Elsevier

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  58. New evidence of use of bones as fuel

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Paloma Uzquiano Ollero, jose yravedra

  59. An experimental lion-to-hammerstone model and its relevance to understand hominin-carnivore interactions in the archeological record

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, February 2016, Elsevier

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  60. The Origin of The Acheulean: The 1.7 Million-Year-Old Site of FLK West, Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

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  61. Vegetation, climate and human settlement interactions at the late Mesolithic site of Cueva Blanca (Hellín, Albacete, SE Spain)

    Article • The Holocene, October 2015, SAGE Publications

    PhD Paloma Uzquiano Ollero, jose yravedra

  62. Micro-photogrammetric characterization of cut marks on bones

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, October 2015, Elsevier

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  63. Another window to the subsistence of Middle Pleistocene hominins in Europe: A taphonomic study of Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, October 2015, Elsevier

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  64. A new methodological approach to the taphonomic study of paleontological and archaeological faunal assemblages: a preliminary case study from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, July 2015, Elsevier

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  65. Campaniforme no funerario en la provincia de Toledo: el yacimiento de Las Vegas. De nuevo el Valle de Huecas

    Article • Trabajos de Prehistoria, June 2015, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

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  66. Neanderthal and Homo sapiens subsistence strategies in the Cantabrian region of northern Spain

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

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  67. Biocronología de la Terraza Compleja de Butarque del río Manzanares en el Estanque de Tormentas al sur de Madrid (España)

    Article • Estudios Geológicos, May 2015, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

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  68. Neanderthal exploitation of ibex and chamois in southwestern Europe

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, January 2015, Elsevier

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  69. The Middle Paleolithic site of Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain): a perspective on the Acheulean and Middle Paleolithic technocomplexes in Europe

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, September 2014, Elsevier

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  70. Taphonomic implications for the Late Mousterian of South-West Europe at Esquilleu Cave (Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, July 2014, Elsevier

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  71. Manzanares Valley (Madrid, Spain): A good country for Proboscideans and Neanderthals

    Article • Quaternary International, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain, jose yravedra

  72. Neanderthal and Mammuthus interactions at EDAR Culebro 1 (Madrid, Spain)

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, February 2014, Elsevier

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  73. A critical re-evaluation of bone surface modification models for inferring fossil hominin and carnivore interactions through a multivariate approach: Application to the FLK Zinj archaeofaunal assemblage (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

    Article • Quaternary International, February 2014, Elsevier

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  74. On meat eating and human evolution: A taphonomic analysis of BK4b (Upper Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania), and its bearing on hominin megafaunal consumption

    Article • Quaternary International, February 2014, Elsevier

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  75. Study of the SHK Main Site faunal assemblage, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: Implications for Bed II taphonomy, paleoecology, and hominin utilization of megafauna

    Article • Quaternary International, February 2014, Elsevier

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  76. Autochthonous anisotropy of archaeological materials by the action of water: experimental and archaeological reassessment of the orientation patterns at the Olduvai sites

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, jose yravedra

  77. Zooarqueología de los macrovertebrados del yacimiento fenicio del Teatro Cómico (Cádiz)

    Article • SPAL Revista de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Sevilla, January 2014, Secretariado de Publicaciones Universidad de Sevilla

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  78. First Partial Skeleton of a 1.34-Million-Year-Old Paranthropus boisei from Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2013, PLOS

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  79. A taphonomic study of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

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  80. Los orígenes del Solutrense y la ocupación pleniglaciar del interior de la Península Ibérica: implicaciones del nivel 3 de Peña Capón (valle del Sorbe, Guadalajara)

    Article • Trabajos de Prehistoria, June 2013, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

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  81. The deliberate use of bones for fuel or for systematic disposal of organic waste

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, May 2013, Elsevier

    PhD Paloma Uzquiano Ollero, jose yravedra

  82. A cautionary note on the use of captive carnivores to model wild predator behavior: a comparison of bone modification patterns on long bones by captive and wild lions

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, April 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, jose yravedra

  83. Taphonomy of ungulate ribs and the consumption of meat and bone by 1.2-million-year-old hominins at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, February 2013, Elsevier

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  84. New Contributions on Subsistence Practices during the Middle-Upper Paleolithic in Northern Spain

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

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  85. Earliest Porotic Hyperostosis on a 1.5-Million-Year-Old Hominin, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2012, PLOS

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  86. Human landscapes of the Late Glacial Period in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula: La Peña de Estebanvela (Segovia, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, September 2012, Elsevier

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  87. Autochthony and orientation patterns in Olduvai Bed I: a re-examination of the status of post-depositional biasing of archaeological assemblages from FLK North (FLKN)

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, July 2012, Elsevier

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  88. A study of dimensional differences of tooth marks (pits and scores) on bones modified by small and large carnivores

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

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  89. Elephants and subsistence. Evidence of the human exploitation of extremely large mammal bones from the Middle Palaeolithic site of PRERESA (Madrid, Spain)

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, April 2012, Elsevier

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  90. Human behaviour and adaptations to MIS 3 palaeoecological trends in northern Spain

    Article • Quaternary International, February 2012, Elsevier

    PhD Paloma Uzquiano Ollero, jose yravedra

  91. Disentangling hominin and carnivore activities near a spring at FLK North (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

    Article • Quaternary Research, November 2010, Cambridge University Press

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  92. New excavations at the FLK Zinjanthropus site and its surrounding landscape and their behavioral implications

    Article • Quaternary Research, November 2010, Cambridge University Press

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  93. Was FLK North levels 1–2 a classic “living floor” of Oldowan hominins or a taphonomically complex palimpsest dominated by large carnivore feeding behavior?

    Article • Quaternary Research, November 2010, Cambridge University Press

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  94. Cut marks on the Middle Pleistocene elephant carcass of Áridos 2 (Madrid, Spain)

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, October 2010, Elsevier

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  95. Unraveling hominin behavior at another anthropogenic site from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania): new archaeological and taphonomic research at BK, Upper Bed II

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, September 2009, Elsevier

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  96. Why are cut mark frequencies in archaeofaunal assemblages so variable? A multivariate analysis

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, March 2009, Elsevier

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  97. The shaft-based methodological approach to the quantification of long limb bones and its relevance to understanding hominid subsistence in the Pleistocene: application to four Palaeolithic sites

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, January 2009, Wiley

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  98. Determination of the fracture processes of fresh bone: an analytical system of the angles of fracture planes as an indicator of biotic agents

    Article • Trabajos de Prehistoria, June 2006, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

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