Did language originate with Homo erectus? The scavenging inference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5954101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rudolf P Botha (0009-0000-2912-1795, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Pages | 231-244 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language & Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0271-5309 • E-ISSN: 1873-3395 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.langcom.2025.10.005 |
| OpenAlex | W4415983723 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 67 |
Deconstructing the Serengeti
Ecology of Plio-Pleistocene Mammals in the Omo—Turkana Basin and the Emergence of Homo
Brains, Brawn, and the Evolution of Human Endurance Running Capabilities
Hunting, Power Scavenging, and Butchering by Hadza Foragers and by Plio-Pleistocene Homo
Earliest known Oldowan artifacts at >2.58 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia, highlight early technological diversity
Implications of new early Homo fossils from Ileret, east of Lake Turkana, Kenya
Endurance running and the evolution of Homo
Cutmarks made by stone tools on bones from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Impact of meat and Lower Palaeolithic food processing techniques on chewing in humans
Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus
Ecological constraints on group size
Where Does the Genus Homo Begin, and How Would We Know
The First Humans
Introduction
Inferring modern language from ancient objects
Hunter-gatherers and human evolution
Early hominid hunting and scavenging
Semiotics and the Origin of Language in the Lower Palaeolithic
The earliest evidence of ocean navigation
Scavenging, the stag hunt, and the evolution of language
On the antiquity of language
Use and abuse of cut mark analyses
Quantitative micromorphological analyses of cut marks produced by ancient and modern handaxes
Pleistocene Water Crossings and Adaptive Flexibility Within the Homo Genus
Natural history ofHomo erectus
Who made the Oldowan? Reviewing African hominin fossils and archaeological sites from 3.5 million years ago
Body proportions of Homo habilis reviewed
Hunting and Scavenging by Early Humans
Characteristics of an Early Hominid Scavenging Niche [and Comments and Reply]
On the Soundness of Inferring Modern Language from Symbolic Behaviour
Did Homo erectus Have Language? The Seafaring Inference
Earliest fire in Africa
Tree-stored leopard kills
Cutmarked bones from Pliocene archaeological sites at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
The evolution of human lateral asymmetries
New zooarchaeological data from Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Competition for carcasses and early hominid behavioral ecology
Making meaning from fragmentary fossils
On homesign systems as a potential window on language evolution
Prehistoric shell beads as a window on language evolution
On modelling prelinguistic evolution in early hominins
On musilanguage/"Hmmmmm" as an evolutionary precursor to language
On the Windows Approach to language evolution
Undoing Academic Cultures of Militarism
Control of Fire in the Paleolithic
Toward a Long Prehistory of Fire
Passive Dispersal versus Strategic Dispersal in Island Colonization by Hominins
EarlyHomo
Origins and Evolution of GenusHomo
Growth, Development, and Life History throughout the Evolution ofHomo
Body Size, Body Shape, and the Circumscription of the Genus Homo
Dental Evidence for the Reconstruction of Diet in African EarlyHomo
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |