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ReviewNature ecology & evolution2023

Why the geosciences are becoming increasingly vital to the interpretation of the human evolutionary record.

Mike W Morley, Ian Moffat, Anna M Kotarba-Morley, Vito C Hernandez, Andrea Zerboni, Andy I R Herries, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Kira Westaway

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Review in Nature ecology & evolution, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Mike W MorleyFlinders Microarchaeology Laboratory, Archaeology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. mike.morley@flinders.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-7730-9637
Ian MoffatFlinders Microarchaeology Laboratory, Archaeology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2171-7145
Anna M Kotarba-MorleyFlinders Microarchaeology Laboratory, Archaeology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Vito C HernandezFlinders Microarchaeology Laboratory, Archaeology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0295-6068
Andrea ZerboniDipartimento di Scienze della Terra 'A. Desio', Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6844-8528
Andy I R HerriesDepartment of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2905-2002
Renaud Joannes-BoyauGeoarchaeology and Archaeometry Research Group, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0452-486X
Kira WestawaySchool of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5315-778X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advanced geoscience techniques are essential to contextualize fossils, artefacts and other archaeologically important material accurately and effectively. Their appropriate use will increase confidence in new interpretations of the fossil and archaeological record, providing important information about the life and depositional history of these materials and so should form an integral component of all human evolutionary studies. Many of the most remarkable recent finds that have transformed the field of human evolution are small and scarce, ranging in size from teeth to strands of DNA, recovered from complex sedimentary environments. Nevertheless, if properly analysed, they hold immense potential to rewrite what we know about the evolution of our species and our closest hominin ancestors.

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HominidaeToothAnimalsBiological EvolutionEarth SciencesFossilsHumans

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PMID38036632

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