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Ecosystem engineering in the Quaternary of the West Coast of South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBraun, David R.
dc.contributor.authorFaith, John Tyler
dc.contributor.authorDouglass, Matthew J.
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorPower, Mitchel J.
dc.contributor.authorAldeias, Vera
dc.contributor.authorConard, Nicholas J.
dc.contributor.authorCutts, Russell
dc.contributor.authorDeSantis, Larisa R. G.
dc.contributor.authorDupont, Lydie M.
dc.contributor.authorEsteban, Irene
dc.contributor.authorKandel, Andrew W.
dc.contributor.authorLevin, Naomi E.
dc.contributor.authorLuyt, Julie
dc.contributor.authorParkington, John
dc.contributor.authorPickering, Robyn
dc.contributor.authorQuick, Lynne
dc.contributor.authorSealy, Judith
dc.contributor.authorStynder, Deano
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-08T10:58:06Z
dc.date.available2021-09-08T10:58:06Z
dc.date.issued2021-01
dc.description.abstractDespite advances in our understanding of the geographic and temporal scope of the Paleolithic record, we know remarkably little about the evolutionary and ecological consequences of changes in human behavior. Recent inquiries suggest that human evolution reflects a long history of interconnections between the behavior of humans and their surrounding ecosystems (e.g., niche construction). Developing expectations to identify such phenomena is remarkably difficult because it requires understanding the multi-generational impacts of changes in behavior. These long-term dynamics require insights into the emergent phenomena that alter selective pressures over longer time periods which are not possible to observe, and are also not intuitive based on observations derived from ethnographic time scales. Generative models show promise for probing these potentially unexpected consequences of human-environment interaction. Changes in the uses of landscapes may have long term implications for the environments that hominins occupied. We explore other potential proxies of behavior and examine how modeling may provide expectations for a variety of phenomena.
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Cape Town Archaeology Department and Human Evolution Research Institute; National Research Foundation (South Africa)National Research Foundation - South Africa [84407]; National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation (NSF) [1826666]
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/evan.21886
dc.identifier.issn1060-1538
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/17028
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWILEY
dc.subjectArchaeology
dc.subjectEvolution
dc.subjectGenerative modeling
dc.subjectNiche construction
dc.subjectPaleoecology
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subject.otherAnthropology
dc.titleEcosystem engineering in the Quaternary of the West Coast of South Africa
dc.typereview
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oaire.citation.endPage62
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage50
oaire.citation.titleEvolutionary Anthropology
oaire.citation.volume30
person.familyNameAldeias
person.givenNameVera
person.identifier.ciencia-id9A14-DE8D-BABF
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7680-182X
person.identifier.scopus-author-id55052739100
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