TY - JOUR
T1 - Why the geosciences are becoming increasingly vital to the interpretation of the human evolutionary record
AU - Morley, Mike W.
AU - Moffat, Ian
AU - Kotarba-Morley, Anna M.
AU - Hernandez, Vito C.
AU - Zerboni, Andrea
AU - Herries, Andy I.R.
AU - Joannes-Boyau, Renaud
AU - Westaway, Kira
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Advanced geoscience techniques are essential to contextualize fossils, artefacts and other archaeologically important material accurately and effectively. Their appropriate use will increase confidence in new interpretations of the fossil and archaeological record, providing important information about the life and depositional history of these materials and so should form an integral component of all human evolutionary studies. Many of the most remarkable recent finds that have transformed the field of human evolution are small and scarce, ranging in size from teeth to strands of DNA, recovered from complex sedimentary environments. Nevertheless, if properly analysed, they hold immense potential to rewrite what we know about the evolution of our species and our closest hominin ancestors.
AB - Advanced geoscience techniques are essential to contextualize fossils, artefacts and other archaeologically important material accurately and effectively. Their appropriate use will increase confidence in new interpretations of the fossil and archaeological record, providing important information about the life and depositional history of these materials and so should form an integral component of all human evolutionary studies. Many of the most remarkable recent finds that have transformed the field of human evolution are small and scarce, ranging in size from teeth to strands of DNA, recovered from complex sedimentary environments. Nevertheless, if properly analysed, they hold immense potential to rewrite what we know about the evolution of our species and our closest hominin ancestors.
KW - Anthropology
KW - Ecology
KW - Environmental sciences
KW - Evolution
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85178207133&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/FT180100309
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/FT220100184
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/LP210300105
U2 - 10.1038/s41559-023-02215-5
DO - 10.1038/s41559-023-02215-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85178207133
SN - 2397-334X
VL - 7
SP - 1971
EP - 1977
JO - Nature Ecology & Evolution
JF - Nature Ecology & Evolution
IS - 12
ER -