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September 10, 2025

Radical Diffusion vs Organic Innovation: A Bayesian Phylogenetic Approach to Acheulean Technological Transmission and Hominin Dispersal Demographics in Pleistocene Africa

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SMSameer Meralli

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Overview

Bayesian phylogenetic analysis uncovers Acheulean technological transmission patterns in Africa, suggesting interaction of diffusion and innovation.

Key Points

  • The study reveals distinctive patterns of Acheulean technological traits across Africa, driving insights on cultural evolution.
  • Bayesian phylogenetic methods show a potential link between technological shifts and hominin dispersals or environmental changes.
  • Analyzing lithic assemblages as cultural lineages highlights the roles of demography and social learning in technological change.
  • The novel integration of phylogenetic methods provides a dynamic framework for understanding the stability and transformation ofAcheulean record.

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Sameer Meralli (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1c32154b1d3bfb60f0e79https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/kmns4_v1
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