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List of works by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo

2.6-Million-year-old stone tools and associated bones from OGS-6 and OGS-7, Gona, Afar, Ethiopia

scientific article

A 3D taphonomic model of long bone modification by lions in medium-sized ungulate carcasses

scientific article published on 02 March 2021

A cautionary note on the use of captive carnivores to model wild predator behavior: a comparison of bone modification patterns on long bones by captive and wild lions

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A critical re-evaluation of bone surface modification models for inferring fossil hominin and carnivore interactions through a multivariate approach: Application to the FLK Zinj archaeofaunal assemblage (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

scholarly article by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo et al published February 2014 in Quaternary International

A geoarchaeological reassessment of the co-occurrence of the oldest Acheulean and Oldowan in a fluvial ecotone from lower middle Bed II (1.7ma) at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)

scientific article published in 2019

A method for reconstructing human femoral length from fragmented shaft specimens ⬇️

scientific article published on December 6, 2012

A new approach to raw material use in the exploitation of animal carcasses at BK (Upper Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): a micro-photogrammetric and geometric morphometric analysis of fossil cut marks

scholarly article by José Yravedra et al published 17 January 2017 in Boreas

A new methodological approach to the taphonomic study of paleontological and archaeological faunal assemblages: a preliminary case study from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)

scholarly article by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo published in July 2015

A reconstruction of the paleolandscape during the earliest Acheulian of FLK West: The co-existence of Oldowan and Acheulian industries during lowermost Bed II (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

scholarly article by David Uribelarrea published in December 2017

A spring and wooded habitat at FLK Zinj and their relevance to origins of human behavior

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A study of dimensional differences of tooth marks (pits and scores) on bones modified by small and large carnivores

Acheulean without handaxes? Assemblage variability at FLK West (Lowermost Bed II, Olduvai, Tanzania)

scientific article published on 12 October 2018

An empirical test of the relative frequency of bipolar reduction in Beds VI, V, and III at Mumba Rockshelter, Tanzania: implications for the East African Middle to Late Stone Age transition

scholarly article by Metin I. Eren published in January 2013

An experimental lion-to-hammerstone model and its relevance to understand hominin-carnivore interactions in the archeological record

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An experimental study of the patterned nature of anthropogenic bone breakage and its impact on bone surface modification frequencies

Another window to the subsistence of Middle Pleistocene hominins in Europe: A taphonomic study of Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain)

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Artificial intelligence provides greater accuracy in the classification of modern and ancient bone surface modifications

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Assessment of statistical agreement of three techniques for the study of cut marks: 3D digital microscope, laser scanning confocal microscopy and micro-photogrammetry.

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Beyond leopards: tooth marks and the contribution of multiple carnivore taxa to the accumulation of the Swartkrans Member 3 fossil assemblage

scientific article published in May 2004

Bone surface modifications, power scavenging and the “display” model at early archaeological sites: a critical review ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2003

Conceptual premises in experimental design and their bearing on the use of analogy: an example from experiments on cut marks

scholarly article by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo published in March 2008

Configurational approach to identifying the earliest hominin butchers ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 7 December 2010)

Correction: Testing the Accuracy of Different A-Axis Types for Measuring the Orientation of Bones in the Archaeological and Paleontological Record.

scientific article published on 16 December 2013

Corrigendum to "Mineral assemblages and low energy sedimentary processes in the FLK-Zinj, DS, PTK and AMK complex palaeolandscape (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)" [Quat. Int. 526 (2019) 15–25]

scientific article published in April 2020

Critical review of the MNI (minimum number of individuals) as a zooarchaeological unit of quantification ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 November 2011

Cut marks made with quartz tools: An experimental framework for understanding cut mark morphology, and its use at the Middle Palaeolithic site of the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid, Spain)

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Cutmarked bones from Pliocene archaeological sites at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia: implications for the function of the world's oldest stone tools

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Deep learning and taphonomy: high accuracy in the classification of cut marks made on fleshed and defleshed bones using convolutional neural networks

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

Deep learning classification of tooth scores made by different carnivores: achieving high accuracy when comparing African carnivore taxa and testing the hominin shift in the balance of power ⬇️

scientific article published on 27 January 2021

Deep learning improves taphonomic resolution: high accuracy in differentiating tooth marks made by lions and jaguars

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Did Homo erectus kill a Pelorovis herd at BK (Olduvai Gorge)? A taphonomic study of BK5 ⬇️

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Dietary options and behavior suggested by plant biomarker evidence in an early human habitat

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Differential predation by age and sex classes in blue wildebeest in Serengeti: study of a modern carnivore den in Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)

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Discerning carnivore agency through the three-dimensional study of tooth pits: Revisiting crocodile feeding behaviour at FLK- Zinj and FLK NN3 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

scholarly article by Julia Aramendi et al published December 2017 in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Disentangling Early Stone Age palimpsests: determining the functional independence of hominid- and carnivore-derived portions of archaeofaunas

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Distinguishing Discoid and Centripetal Levallois methods through machine learning

scientific article published on 23 December 2020

Distinguishing butchery cut marks from crocodile bite marks through machine learning methods

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Dynamic modification of cut marks by trampling: temporal assessment through the use of mixed-effect regressions and deep learning methods ⬇️

Earliest modern human-like hand bone from a new >1.84-million-year-old site at Olduvai in Tanzania

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Earliest porotic hyperostosis on a 1.5-million-year-old hominin, olduvai gorge, Tanzania

scientific article published in 2012

Early Pliocene hominids from Gona, Ethiopia

scientific article published in January 2005

Experimental approaches to the development of use-wear traces on volcanic rocks: basalts ⬇️

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

FLK West (Lower Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): a new early Acheulean site with evidence for human exploitation of fauna

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First partial skeleton of a 1.34-million-year-old Paranthropus boisei from Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

scientific article published in 2013

Fluvial spatial taphonomy: a new method for the study of post-depositional processes ⬇️

scientific article published on 29 April 2017

Hominin skeletal part abundances and claims of deliberate disposal of corpses in the Middle Pleistocene.

scientific article published on 2 April 2018

Importance of limb bone shaft fragments in zooarchaeology: a response to “On in situ attrition and vertebrate body part profiles” (2002), by M.C. Stiner

scientific article published in November 2003

Learning by heart: cultural patterns in the faunal processing sequence during the middle pleistocene

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Level U3.1, a new archaeological level discovered at BK (upper bed II, Olduvai Gorge) with evidence of megafaunal exploitation

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Lions as Bone Accumulators? Paleontological and Ecological Implications of a Modern Bone Assemblage from Olduvai Gorge

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Lithic technology of the â St Site Complexâ from Peninj (Lake Natron, Tanzania): Analysis of an African Oldowan assemblage

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Long-distance carcass transport at Olduvai Gorge? A quantitative examination of Bed I skeletal element abundances

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Micro-photogrammetric and morphometric differentiation of cut marks on bones using metal knives, quartzite, and flint flakes

Micro-photogrammetric characterization of cut marks on bones

Microbial biomarkers reveal a hydrothermally active landscape at Olduvai Gorge at the dawn of the Acheulean, 1.7 Ma

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

Mineral assemblages and low energy sedimentary processes in the FLK-Zinj, DS, PTK and AMK complex palaeolandscape (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

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More than meets the eye: use of computer vision algorithms to identify stone tool material through the analysis of cut mark micro-morphology ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 September 2021

New ages for Middle and Later Stone Age deposits at Mumba rockshelter, Tanzania: optically stimulated luminescence dating of quartz and feldspar grains

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New archaeological and geological research at SHK main site (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

scholarly article by Fernando Diez-Martín published in February 2014

New excavations at Mumba Rockshelter, Tanzania

scholarly article by Mary E. Prendergast published in December 2007

New methodological and technological approaches to the Oldowan and Acheulian archaeology of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) - introduction

scholarly article by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo published in July 2017

Olduvai fossils need more than one research team

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On applications of micro-photogrammetry and geometric morphometrics to studies of tooth mark morphology: The modern Olduvai Carnivore Site (Tanzania)

scholarly article by Mari Carmen Arriaza et al published December 2017 in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental framework of FLK North archaeological site, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

scientific article published in February 2014

Paleoenvironmental and paleoecological reconstruction of a freshwater oasis in savannah grassland at FLK North, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

scholarly article by Gail M. Ashley et al published November 2010 in Quaternary Research

Pandora: A new morphometric and statistical software for analysing and distinguishing cut marks on bones

Phytoliths infer locally dense and heterogeneous paleovegetation at FLK North and surrounding localities during upper Bed I time, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

scholarly article by Doris Barboni et al published November 2010 in Quaternary Research

Pliocene Archaeology at Lomekwi 3? New Evidence Fuels More Skepticism

scientific article published on 2 December 2019

Protein sequences bound to mineral surfaces persist into deep time ⬇️

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Reassessment of the Early Acheulean at EN1-Noolchalai (Ancient RHS-Mugulud) in Peninj (Lake Natron, Tanzania)

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SHK Extension: a new archaeological window in the SHK fluvial landscape of Middle Bed II (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

scholarly article by Fernando Diez-Martín published in April 2017

Site function and lithic technology in the Acheulean technocomplex: a case study from Thiongo Korongo (TK), Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

scholarly article by Susana Rubio-Jara et al published 21 September 2017 in Boreas

Spatial analysis of an Early Middle Palaeolithic kill/butchering site: the case of the Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain)

scientific article published in 2023

Spatial simulation and modelling of the early Pleistocene site of DS (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): a powerful tool for predicting potential archaeological information from unexcavated areas

scholarly article by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo published in April 2017

Spilled ink blots the mind: A reply to Merrit et al. (2018) on subjectivity and bone surface modifications

Striped hyenas as bone modifiers in dual human-to-carnivore experimental models ⬇️

Study of the SHK Main Site faunal assemblage, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: Implications for Bed II taphonomy, paleoecology, and hominin utilization of megafauna

scholarly article by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo et al published February 2014 in Quaternary International

Successful classification of experimental bone surface modifications (BSM) through machine learning algorithms: a solution to the controversial use of BSM in paleoanthropology? ⬇️

scientific article published on 21 September 2018

Taphonomic analysis of the early Pleistocene (2.4 Ma) faunal assemblage from A.L. 894 (Hadar, Ethiopia).

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Taphonomic perspectives on hominid site use and foraging strategies during Bed II times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

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Taphonomy of ungulate ribs and the consumption of meat and bone by 1.2-million-year-old hominins at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

scholarly article by Travis Rayne Pickering et al published February 2013 in Journal of Archaeological Science

Techno-economic human behavior in a context of recurrent megafaunal exploitation at 1.3 Ma. Evidence from BK4b (Upper Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

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Testing accuracy in 2D and 3D geometric morphometric methods for cut mark identification and classification

scientific article published on 05 July 2018

Testing cognitive skills in Early Pleistocene hominins

Testing the accuracy of different A-axis types for measuring the orientation of bones in the archaeological and paleontological record

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Testing the “shift in the balance of power” hypothesis at Swartkrans, South Africa: Hominid cave use and subsistence behavior in the Early Pleistocene

scholarly article by Travis Rayne Pickering published in March 2008

The "bear" essentials: actualistic research on Ursus arctos arctos in the Spanish Pyrenees and its implications for paleontology and archaeology

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

The Middle Paleolithic site of Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain): a perspective on the Acheulean and Middle Paleolithic technocomplexes in Europe

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The Middle to Later Stone Age Technological Transition in East Africa. New Data from Mumba Rockshelter Bed V (Tanzania) and their Implications for the Origin of Modern Human Behavior

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The Oldowan industry of Peninj and its bearing on the reconstruction of the technological skills of Lower Pleistocene hominids

scientific article published in February 2003

The archaeology of the Middle Pleistocene deposits of Lake Eyasi, Tanzania

scientific article published in June 2007

The larger mammal palimpsest from TK (Thiongo Korongo), Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

scholarly article by José Yravedra et al published September 2016 in Quaternary International

The meat of the matter: an evolutionary perspective on human carnivory

scientific article published on 2 January 2017

The meta-group social network of early humans: A temporal-spatial assessment of group size at FLK Zinj (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

scientific article published on 20 December 2018

The origin of the Acheulean. Techno-functional study of the FLK W lithic record (Olduvai, Tanzania)

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The use of Micro-Photogrammetry and Geometric Morphometrics for identifying carnivore agency in bone assemblages

article published in 2017

Use and abuse of cut mark analyses: The Rorschach effect

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Were Olduvai Hominins making butchering tools or battering tools? Analysis of a recently excavated lithic assemblage from BK (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)

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Who ate OH80 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)? A geometric-morphometric analysis of surface bone modifications of a Paranthropus boisei skeleton

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Why are cut mark frequencies in archaeofaunal assemblages so variable? A multivariate analysis

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