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Ofer Bar-Yosef

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Tejero J, Bar-Oz G, Bar-Yosef O, Meshveliani T, Jakeli N, Matskevich Z, et al.
PLoS One . 2021 Nov; 16(11):e0258974. PMID: 34748581
The region of western Georgia (Imereti) in the Southern Caucasus has been a major geographic corridor for human migrations during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic. Data of recent research and...
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Tejero J, Rabinovich R, Yeshurun R, Abulafia T, Bar-Yosef O, Barzilai O, et al.
J Hum Evol . 2020 Sep; 160:102870. PMID: 32921424
Situated at the crossroads of Africa and Eurasia, the Levant is a crucial region for understanding the origins and spread of Upper Paleolithic (UP) traditions associated with the spread of...
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Bar-Yosef Mayer D, Groman-Yaroslavski I, Bar-Yosef O, Hershkovitz I, Kampen-Hasday A, Vandermeersch B, et al.
PLoS One . 2020 Jul; 15(7):e0234924. PMID: 32640002
Glycymeris shell beads found in Middle Palaeolithic sites are understood to be artifacts collected by modern humans for symbolic use. In Misliya Cave, Israel, dated to 240-160 ka BP, Glycymeris...
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Meignen L, Bar-Yosef O
J Hum Evol . 2020 Feb; 139:102733. PMID: 32062431
The long archeological sequence exposed during our renewed excavations in Hayonim Cave sheds new light on the striking technological changes observed at the boundary between the Acheulo-Yabrudian (end of the...
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Song Y, Grimaldi S, Santaniello F, Cohen D, Shi J, Bar-Yosef O
PLoS One . 2019 Feb; 14(2):e0212643. PMID: 30802253
The lithic assemblage from Shizitan 29, a late Upper Paleolithic open-air site in Shanxi, China, provides evidence for the earliest, well-dated microblade production in East Asia, ca. 26/24 Ka cal...
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Yang X, Wu W, Perry L, Ma Z, Bar-Yosef O, Cohen D, et al.
Sci Rep . 2018 May; 8(1):7855. PMID: 29777204
While North China is one of the earliest independent centers for cereal domestication in the world, the earliest stages of the long process of agricultural origins remain unclear. While only...
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Tejero J, Belfer-Cohen A, Bar-Yosef O, Gutkin V, Rabinovich R
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2018 May; 115(20):5145-5150. PMID: 29712867
The Levantine Aurignacian is a unique phenomenon in the local Upper Paleolithic sequence, showing greater similarity to the West European classic Aurignacian than to the local Levantine archaeological entities preceding...
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Baird D, Fairbairn A, Jenkins E, Martin L, Middleton C, Pearson J, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2018 Mar; 115(14):E3077-E3086. PMID: 29555740
This paper explores the explanations for, and consequences of, the early appearance of food production outside the Fertile Crescent of Southwest Asia, where it originated in the 10th/9th millennia cal...
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Ye K, Gao F, Wang D, Bar-Yosef O, Keinan A
Nat Ecol Evol . 2017 Nov; 1:167. PMID: 29094686
Fatty acid desaturase (FADS) genes encode rate-limiting enzymes for the biosynthesis of omega-6 and omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs). This biosynthesis is essential for individuals subsisting on LCPUFA-poor diets...
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Margherita C, Oxilia G, Barbi V, Panetta D, Hublin J, Lordkipanidze D, et al.
J Hum Evol . 2017 Oct; 113:83-90. PMID: 29054170
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