Katarina Almeida‐warren
Biographic Data
| ID | 91896 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katarina Almeida‐warren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katarina |
| FAMILY NAME | Almeida‐warren |
| SIGNATURE | WARREN K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7634-9466 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Impacted Bones: Can Extant Primates Help Identify Tool Use in Early Hominins?
Despite recent advances pushing back the earliest record of tool use, how and when it first emerged in hominins, and the extent to which it featured amongst the numerous co‐existing species, remain critical questions in paleoanthropology. In addition to analyzing fossils and lithic toolkits, novel strides in understanding this might be made by studying the skeletons of the great apes, as well as more distantly related tool‐using primates and appl…
Modeling Oldowan tool transport from a primate perspective
Landscaping the Behavioural Ecology of Primate Stone Tool Use
Ecology is fundamental in the development, transmission, and perpetuity of primate technology. Previous studies on tool site selection have addressed the relevance of targeted resources and raw materials for tools, but few have considered the broader foraging landscape. In this landscape-scale study of the ecological contexts of wild chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes verus ) tool use, we investigated the conditions required for nut-cracking to occur a…
Archaeology of the Perishable: Ecological Constraints and Cultural Variants in Chimpanzee Termite Fishing
Selection and transport of materials for tools is ubiquitous throughout our species' evolutionary history. Yet our understanding of early human material culture is heavily skewed toward lithic technology. This poses challenges when reconstructing our technical origins, as organic raw materials, especially plants, likely played a significant role despite their absence from the record until 300 kya. Studies of plant-tool use by living apes can serv…
The DistoX2: A methodological solution to archaeological mapping in poorly accessible environments
Spatial information is crucial to archaeological field research. From the plane-table to the total station, recent technological advances have enabled data collection to become fully digital and highly accurate. Nevertheless, the recent expansion of archaeological expeditions to novel environments often incompatible with modern mapping equipment, e.g. tropical forests or ephemeral shorelines, calls for further methodological innovations. Such pro…
Raw material procurement for termite fishing tools by wild chimpanzees in the Issa valley, Western Tanzania
OBJECTIVES: Chimpanzee termite fishing has been studied for decades, yet the selective processes preceding the manufacture of fishing tools remain largely unexplored. We investigate raw material selection and potential evidence of forward planning in the chimpanzees of Issa valley, western Tanzania. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using traditional archaeological methods, we surveyed the location of plants from where chimpanzees sourced raw material to ma…
Archaeology of the Perishable: Ecological Constraints and Cultural Variants in Chimpanzee Termite Fishing
Selection and transport of materials for tools is ubiquitous throughout our species' evolutionary history. Yet our understanding of early human material culture is heavily skewed toward lithic technology. This poses challenges when reconstructing our technical origins, as organic raw materials, especially plants, likely played a significant role despite their absence from the record until 300 kya. Studies of plant-tool use by living apes can serv…
Raw material procurement for termite fishing tools by wild chimpanzees in the Issa valley, Western Tanzania
OBJECTIVES: Chimpanzee termite fishing has been studied for decades, yet the selective processes preceding the manufacture of fishing tools remain largely unexplored. We investigate raw material selection and potential evidence of forward planning in the chimpanzees of Issa valley, western Tanzania. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using traditional archaeological methods, we surveyed the location of plants from where chimpanzees sourced raw material to ma…
Landscaping the Behavioural Ecology of Primate Stone Tool Use
Ecology is fundamental in the development, transmission, and perpetuity of primate technology. Previous studies on tool site selection have addressed the relevance of targeted resources and raw materials for tools, but few have considered the broader foraging landscape. In this landscape-scale study of the ecological contexts of wild chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes verus ) tool use, we investigated the conditions required for nut-cracking to occur a…
Modeling Oldowan tool transport from a primate perspective
The DistoX2: A methodological solution to archaeological mapping in poorly accessible environments
Spatial information is crucial to archaeological field research. From the plane-table to the total station, recent technological advances have enabled data collection to become fully digital and highly accurate. Nevertheless, the recent expansion of archaeological expeditions to novel environments often incompatible with modern mapping equipment, e.g. tropical forests or ephemeral shorelines, calls for further methodological innovations. Such pro…
Raw material procurement for termite fishing tools by wild chimpanzees in the Issa valley, Western Tanzania
OBJECTIVES: Chimpanzee termite fishing has been studied for decades, yet the selective processes preceding the manufacture of fishing tools remain largely unexplored. We investigate raw material selection and potential evidence of forward planning in the chimpanzees of Issa valley, western Tanzania. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using traditional archaeological methods, we surveyed the location of plants from where chimpanzees sourced raw material to ma…
The DistoX2: A methodological solution to archaeological mapping in poorly accessible environments
Spatial information is crucial to archaeological field research. From the plane-table to the total station, recent technological advances have enabled data collection to become fully digital and highly accurate. Nevertheless, the recent expansion of archaeological expeditions to novel environments often incompatible with modern mapping equipment, e.g. tropical forests or ephemeral shorelines, calls for further methodological innovations. Such pro…
Archaeology of the Perishable: Ecological Constraints and Cultural Variants in Chimpanzee Termite Fishing
Selection and transport of materials for tools is ubiquitous throughout our species' evolutionary history. Yet our understanding of early human material culture is heavily skewed toward lithic technology. This poses challenges when reconstructing our technical origins, as organic raw materials, especially plants, likely played a significant role despite their absence from the record until 300 kya. Studies of plant-tool use by living apes can serv…
Landscaping the Behavioural Ecology of Primate Stone Tool Use
Ecology is fundamental in the development, transmission, and perpetuity of primate technology. Previous studies on tool site selection have addressed the relevance of targeted resources and raw materials for tools, but few have considered the broader foraging landscape. In this landscape-scale study of the ecological contexts of wild chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes verus ) tool use, we investigated the conditions required for nut-cracking to occur a…
Modeling Oldowan tool transport from a primate perspective
Impacted Bones: Can Extant Primates Help Identify Tool Use in Early Hominins?
Despite recent advances pushing back the earliest record of tool use, how and when it first emerged in hominins, and the extent to which it featured amongst the numerous co‐existing species, remain critical questions in paleoanthropology. In addition to analyzing fossils and lithic toolkits, novel strides in understanding this might be made by studying the skeletons of the great apes, as well as more distantly related tool‐using primates and appl…
Geography (5 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 works) · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Extant taxon (2 works) · Hominidae (2 works) · Homo sapiens (2 works)