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Consult Smith et al. (2010) for the most recent report and synthesis of Neanderthal dental development, Ponce de Leon and Zollikofer (2001) for Neanderthal cranial development, and Gunz et al. (2010) for Neanderthal vs. modern brain development trajectories. For Neanderthal hair and skin color, refer to Lalueza-Fox et al. (2007). The introgression of the microcephalin gene variant into Homo sapiens from an archaic hominid lineage was suggested by Evans et al. (2006). See Stiner and Kuhn (1992) for a comparison of Neanderthal subsistence at Italian sites. See Richards and Trinkaus (2009) for a summary of nitrogen-isotope studies, Bocherens et al. (2005) for the St.Césaire nitrogen isotope data and interpretations, and Henry et al. (2010) for the Shanidar and Spy plant microfossil analyses. Lalueza-Fox et al. (2010) present mtDNA data from El Sidrón, while Vallverdú et al. report on site formation and population sizes at Abric Romaní. Quote is from Zimmer (2010). The human bone tool from La Quina was described by Verna and D’Errico (2010).
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CHAPTER 11: ARCHAIC AND MODERN
For an excellent general account of the Mousterian, see Klein (2009). Soressi and D’Errico (2007) present an overview of putatively symbolic objects and materials in the Mousterian. Finlayson (2009) provides a fascinating perspective on Neanderthal populations and environments. For the presence of Neanderthals at Arcy, see Hublin et al. (1996), and for recent views on the Châtelperronian at Arcy and St.-Césaire, see Bar-Yosef and Bordes (2010) and Higham et al. (2010). Evidence for early and brief replacement of Neanderthals by moderns was presented by Pinhasi et al. (2011).
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CHAPTER 12: ENIGMATIC ARRIVAL
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CHAPTER 13: THE ORIGIN OF SYMBOLIC BEHAVIOR
The Skhl and Oued Djebbana beads were reported by Vanhaeren et al. (2006), the Skhl pigments were analyzed by D’Errico et al. (2010), and further bead evidence in the North African Aterian was reported by Bouzouggar et al. (2007) and d’Errico et al. (2009). The Blombos plaques were described by Henshilwood et al. (2002), and the beads from the site by Henshilwood et al. (2004). Marean et al. (2007) reported pigments and shellfishing at Pinnacle Point; heat treatment of silcrete there was described by Brown et al. (2009), and pressure-flaking at Blombos by Mourre et al. (2010). For background on the Klasies River Mouth sites, see Deacon and Deacon (1999). The Diepkloof ostrich eggshell containers are described by Texier et al. (2020), and the Enkapune Ya Muto beads by Ambrose (1998); see Mellars (2006) for a discussion of early human dispersal through Eurasia, and Kuhn et al. (2001) for shell beads from Lebanese and Turkish sites.
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CHAPTER 14: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
For the implication of the FOXP2 gene in speech disorders, see Lai et al. (2001), and for its identification in Neanderthals see Krause et al. (2007). For a discussion of the larynx, facial proportions, and speech see P. Lieberman (2007) and D. E. Lieberman (2011). For amusing advocacy of theory of mind see Dunbar (2004), and for the role of language in symbolic thought see Tattersall (2008). Atkinson (2011) discusses the potential significance of phonemic diversity. For Nicaraguan sign language see Kegl et al. (1999), and for the case of Ildefonso see Schaller (1991). Jill Bolte Taylor (2006) describes the effects of her stroke on her language abilities. DeSalle and Tattersall (2011) provide an account of the functioning and long history of the human brain, and Geschwind (1966) discusses the putative significance of the angular gyrus. Coolidge and Wynn (2009) and Balter (2010) discuss working memory.
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