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    Equids can also make stone artefacts
    (Elsevier, 2021-12-01) Domínguez Solera, Santiago David; Maíllo Fernández, José Manuel; Baquedano, Enrique; Domínguez Rodrigo, Manuel; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-9390
    Identifying how early humans flaked stone tools is one of the crucial elements in hominin evolution. Here, we show that equids can sometimes also produce equally complex cores with conchoidal breakages that exhibit the characteristics of intentionally-flaked hominin artefacts by bipolar technique and methods. As a result, sharp edged flakes with percussion platforms, previous scars and bulbs, which can easily be mistaken with hominin-made flakes, are also produced by equid self-trimming. Given the ubiquitous presence of equids in landscapes inhabited by hominins, this imposes caution when interpreting isolated flaked rocks and urges some degree of revision of the criteria to identify strictly hominin-made tools.
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    A step back to move forward: a geological re‐evaluation of the El Castillo Cave Middle Palaeolithic lithostratigraphic units (Cantabria, northern Iberia)
    (Wiley, 2022-08-28) Martín Perea, David M.; Maíllo Fernández, José Manuel; Marín Hernando, Juan; Arroyo, Xabier; Asiaín, Raquel; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3238-0904
    El Castillo Cave is one of the most important sites for understanding the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic in Europe. Despite its importance, the absence of a widely used stratigraphic section with detailed lithostratigraphic descriptions and correlations between the different geological and archaeological interpretations has led to confusion in the correct identification of lithostratigraphic units in the lowermost, Middle Palaeolithic sequence. This study establishes a new lithostratigraphic framework for the site, which can be accurately correlated to previous geological and archaeological studies and generates a solid working basis for framing the Mousterian of El Castillo Cave in the Cantabrian region and southwestern Europe. The geological re‐evaluation of Unit XX (‘Mousterian Alpha’) has expanded its chronology, now ranging from 49 130–43 260 cal BP to 70 400 ± 9600 BP. Unit XXII (‘Mousterian Bet’) would consequently yield an age older than 70 400 ± 9600 BP and younger than the underlying speleothem (Unit XXIIIb), dated to 89 000 +11 000/‐10 000 BP.
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    The Dorothy Garrod Site: a new Middle Stone Age locality in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
    (Springer Nature, 2022-08-18) Maíllo Fernández, José Manuel; Marín Hernando, Juan; Martín Perea, David Manuel; Uribelarrea, David; Solano Megías, Irene; Asiaín, Raquel; Baquedano, Enrique; Domínguez Rodrigo, Manuel; Gidna, Agness; Medialdea, Alicia; Steven, Hekima Mwamakimbula; Chilonzi, Daniel Haruni; Arteaga, Carlos; Mabulla, Audax; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3238-0904; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1681-264X; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8374-2215; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5895-0736; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9591-5497
    Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) is a key site for the study of human evolution as well as the origin of modern humans and the Middle Stone Age (MSA). In this study, we present a new MSA location named Dorothy Garrod Site (DGS), found in the main branch of Olduvai Gorge. The site has only one archaeological level, located stratigraphically in the Upper Ndutu. Although it has not yet been possible to radiometrically date it, it has yielded numerous archaeological remains with a functional association between the faunal remains and the lithic industry. The fauna identified includes Alcelaphini, Hippotragini, and Equidae, some of which present percussion marks and evidence of burning. The lithic industry involved knapping using discoid methods. The retouched blanks are denticulates and retouched flakes with, up to now, a total absence of points. DGS is therefore a new site that will aid our understanding of modern human occupations in northern Tanzania in a period for which there is a dearth of properly contextualised archaeological evidence.