The impossible coincidence. A single‐species model for the origins of modern human behavior in Europe

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The Prehistoric Development of Clothing: Archaeological Implications of a Thermal Model (2010, background): “, more structured hearths), specialized hunting (for hides and also for meat to sustain the higher rates of metabolism required in cold environments), sophisticated artificial shelters, greater residential sedentism, increased use of pigment (connected with hide preparation as well as decoration), a”
Ecology in an anthropogenic biosphere (2015, background): “Others explain this based on the need to adapt to rapid environmental changes or heterogeneous environmental conditions (Mellars 2005, Stiner and Kuhn 2006, Potts 2012), to changes in social conditions conducive to social learning (Sterelny 2011), including demographic shifts toward higher…”
Working‐Memory Capacity and the Evolution of Modern Cognitive Potential (2010, background): “…is rarely questioned by archaeologists, whether they are supporters of the idea of a late cognitive big bang around 50,000 BC (Klein and Edgar 2002; Mellars 2005), an early development parallel to anatomical modernity in Africa and a subsequent coexpansion out of Africa (McBrearty and Brooks…”