Body Size, Weapon Use, and Natural Selection in the European Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7566945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David W Frayer (0000-0003-2522-5794, University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-73 |
| Publication date | 1981-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1981.83.1.02a00040 |
| OpenAlex | W1967990454 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 26 |
Evidence for a relationship between hunting strategies and body size is examined for human skeletons dating to the European Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic. Trends for reduced limb size and stature seem to be correlated with improvements in the types of weapons utilized and a shift from aggressive to more docile game. Although some of these observations fit the predictions of Brues concerning the spearman‐archer model, it is suggested that selection for reduced metabolic demands is a more plausible explanation for decrease in body size from the Upper Paleolithic to the Mesolithic . [Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic, hunting, body size
Archaeology · Geography · Mesolithic · Natural (archaeology · Natural selection · Selection (genetic algorithm · Stone Age · Upper Paleolithic · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Language and cultural evolution · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Citation span | 1984 - 2026 (43) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |