Evolutionary theory, which has been designed with the sole purpose of describing and explaining p... more Evolutionary theory, which has been designed with the sole purpose of describing and explaining phenotypic variability within and between species, is considered to be the base paradigm for the study of all living organisms. Basically, evolution as a process is nothing more than a continuous alteration through time of elements that are already there, without foresight or predetermined goal and therefore not necessarily leading to increasing complexity. The latter puts (palaeo)anthropologists, and archaeologists in particular, in a difficult position, as humans seem to have developed behavioural characteristics and cultural achievements that clearly point to the opposite. As such, and until very recently, they (and scholars of the human and social sciences in general) have largely shunned evolutionary approaches to behaviour and culture. By reviewing the most important of these approaches, and evaluating them in terms of their utility for hominin studies, we will show that an evolutio...
The basic prey model in «deep time»: the exploitation of animal resources during MIS 3-5e in Fran... more The basic prey model in «deep time»: the exploitation of animal resources during MIS 3-5e in France 157 Notae Praehistoricae, Abstract Despite the considerable progress made in terms of our knowledge of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in (Western) Europe, the phenomenon remains puzzling to this day. One of the most relevant questions arguably deals with the coexistence of Neanderthals and modern humans, and the resulting economic competition and/or acculturation, in any given region of that area. This study represents the first part of an analysis of the Competition Hypothesis for France, and focuses on the broader timeframe of MIS 3-5e, both to gain some exploratory insights into the matter of resource intensification between Mousterian, Chatelperronian, and Aurignacian, and to establish the value of the basic prey model (and the modifications we applied) in this particular timeframe.
Evolutionary approaches to behaviour and culture are slowly gaining acceptance in archaeology, an... more Evolutionary approaches to behaviour and culture are slowly gaining acceptance in archaeology, and Palaeolithic archaeology in particular. As it has been deployed in numerous ethological, ethnological and even archaeological (Holocene) contexts, behavioural ecology (BE), one such approach, has earned an exceptional empirical and analytical track record. As such, multiple models exist for each subfield of the BE, awaiting modification for use in Palaeolithic textacutedbldeep timetextacutedbl. In this paper, which is the second and final part of a study on differential animal exploitation strategies between Mousterian, Chatelperronian and Aurignacian, we deploy the so-called diet breadth model or prey model in the context of the well-known competition hypothesis, while also evaluating our results in terms of model utility.
... Short Publication/Series Title, Terra Incogn. (Leuven). Editor, Pieterjan Deckers; Nele Goemi... more ... Short Publication/Series Title, Terra Incogn. (Leuven). Editor, Pieterjan Deckers; Nele Goeminne; Johan Hoorne [802000592847] - Ghent University Johan.Hoorne@UGent.be; Dieter Jehs [001997284055] - Ghent University Dieter.Jehs@UGent.be; ...
Evolutionary theory, which has been designed with the sole purpose of describing and explaining p... more Evolutionary theory, which has been designed with the sole purpose of describing and explaining phenotypic variability within and between species, is considered to be the base paradigm for the study of all living organisms. Basically, evolution as a process is nothing more than a continuous alteration through time of elements that are already there, without foresight or predetermined goal and therefore not necessarily leading to increasing complexity. The latter puts (palaeo)anthropologists, and archaeologists in particular, in a difficult position, as humans seem to have developed behavioural characteristics and cultural achievements that clearly point to the opposite. As such, and until very recently, they (and scholars of the human and social sciences in general) have largely shunned evolutionary approaches to behaviour and culture. By reviewing the most important of these approaches, and evaluating them in terms of their utility for hominin studies, we will show that an evolutio...
The basic prey model in «deep time»: the exploitation of animal resources during MIS 3-5e in Fran... more The basic prey model in «deep time»: the exploitation of animal resources during MIS 3-5e in France 157 Notae Praehistoricae, Abstract Despite the considerable progress made in terms of our knowledge of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in (Western) Europe, the phenomenon remains puzzling to this day. One of the most relevant questions arguably deals with the coexistence of Neanderthals and modern humans, and the resulting economic competition and/or acculturation, in any given region of that area. This study represents the first part of an analysis of the Competition Hypothesis for France, and focuses on the broader timeframe of MIS 3-5e, both to gain some exploratory insights into the matter of resource intensification between Mousterian, Chatelperronian, and Aurignacian, and to establish the value of the basic prey model (and the modifications we applied) in this particular timeframe.
Evolutionary approaches to behaviour and culture are slowly gaining acceptance in archaeology, an... more Evolutionary approaches to behaviour and culture are slowly gaining acceptance in archaeology, and Palaeolithic archaeology in particular. As it has been deployed in numerous ethological, ethnological and even archaeological (Holocene) contexts, behavioural ecology (BE), one such approach, has earned an exceptional empirical and analytical track record. As such, multiple models exist for each subfield of the BE, awaiting modification for use in Palaeolithic textacutedbldeep timetextacutedbl. In this paper, which is the second and final part of a study on differential animal exploitation strategies between Mousterian, Chatelperronian and Aurignacian, we deploy the so-called diet breadth model or prey model in the context of the well-known competition hypothesis, while also evaluating our results in terms of model utility.
... Short Publication/Series Title, Terra Incogn. (Leuven). Editor, Pieterjan Deckers; Nele Goemi... more ... Short Publication/Series Title, Terra Incogn. (Leuven). Editor, Pieterjan Deckers; Nele Goeminne; Johan Hoorne [802000592847] - Ghent University Johan.Hoorne@UGent.be; Dieter Jehs [001997284055] - Ghent University Dieter.Jehs@UGent.be; ...
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