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Old Stone Age
Shannon McPherron (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) and Harold Dibble (University of Pennsylvania) report on research at several sites in Europe and Abydos in Egypt.
http://www.oldstoneage.com/
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Ice Ages
A guide to the climatic changes that occurred during the Paleolithic.
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages/
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Struggling artists of the Ice Age
An article that argues that Paleolithic cave art is a depiction of human and animal relationships in prehistory.
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba6/ba6feat.html#pettitt
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Reflections on the Style-Function Debate
Summary of the style-versus-function debate regarding Paleolithic stone tools. Includes references.
http://www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/paleo/debate.html
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From Art and Tools Came Human Origins
Larry Barham reports in British Archaeology that evidence of modern human behaviour 200,000 years old may have been found in Africa.
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba42/ba42feat.html#barham
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The Paleolithic Diet
A description of the eating habits of ancestors. Features commentary derived from an email discussion list on nutrition.
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/Food_Facts/FAQ/Paleolithic_diet.asp
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Pleistocene Mammals
A image gallery of megafauna on display at the Russian Paleontological Institute.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/pin/pinpleist.html
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And Then Came Clothing and Speech
Mark Roberts discusses why was Europe colonised by hominids half a million years ago. Published in the Journal of British Archaeology in 1996.
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba19/ba19feat.html#roberts
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Neanderthal
An illustrated overview of Neanderthal living.
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/N/neanderthal/
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Global Land Environments during the last 130,000 Years
A description of climatic conditions during the Paleolithic.
http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/nerc.html
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