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Cave Men: stone tools, Victorian science and the ‘primitive mind’ of deep time (2011)
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Pettitt, P., & White, M. (2011). Cave Men: stone tools, Victorian science and the ‘primitive mind’ of deep time. Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science, 65(1), 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2010.0100

Palaeoanthropology, the study of the evolution of humanity, arose in the nineteenth century. Excavations in Europe uncovered a series of archaeological sediments which provided proof that the antiquity of human life on Earth was far longer than the b... Read More about Cave Men: stone tools, Victorian science and the ‘primitive mind’ of deep time.

Lives, loves and deaths of Neolithic farmers: bioarchaeology of burials from Vedrovice (Czech Republic) and the spread of agriculture in Europe (2009)
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Zvelebil, M., Pettitt, P., & Lukes, A. (2009). Lives, loves and deaths of Neolithic farmers: bioarchaeology of burials from Vedrovice (Czech Republic) and the spread of agriculture in Europe

Excavations outside Church Hole, Creswell Crags: the first three seasons (2006-8) (2009)
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Pettitt, P., Jacobi, R., Chamberlain, A., Schreve, D., Wall, I., Dinnis, R., & Wragg-Sykes, R. (2009). Excavations outside Church Hole, Creswell Crags: the first three seasons (2006-8)

The demonstration of human antiquity: three rediscovered illustrations from the 1825 and 1846 excavations in Kent's Cavern (Torquay, England) (2009)
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White, M., & Pettitt, P. (2009). The demonstration of human antiquity: three rediscovered illustrations from the 1825 and 1846 excavations in Kent's Cavern (Torquay, England). Antiquity, 83(321), 758-768. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00098975

The authors disentangle the fascinating tale of the investigations in Kent's Cavern, iconic site for the acceptance of early man. The drawings they have discovered in the archives of the Geological Society are the only ones known from the earliest ex... Read More about The demonstration of human antiquity: three rediscovered illustrations from the 1825 and 1846 excavations in Kent's Cavern (Torquay, England).

Biological and cultural identity of the first farmers: introduction to the Vedrovice bioarchaeology project. (2008)
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Zvelebil, M., & Pettitt, P. (2008). Biological and cultural identity of the first farmers: introduction to the Vedrovice bioarchaeology project. Anthropologie (Brno. Print), 46(2-3), 117-124

Human condition, life, and death at an Early Neolithic settlement: bioarchaeological analyses of the Vedrovice cemetery and their biosocial implications for the spread of agriculture in Central Europe (2008)
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Zvelebil, M., & Pettitt, P. (2008). Human condition, life, and death at an Early Neolithic settlement: bioarchaeological analyses of the Vedrovice cemetery and their biosocial implications for the spread of agriculture in Central Europe

A pair of Merrels boards on a stone block from Church Hole cave, Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire, England (2008)
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Hall, M., & Pettitt, P. (2008). A pair of Merrels boards on a stone block from Church Hole cave, Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire, England

Art and the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition in Europe: comments on the archaeological arguments for an Early Upper Palaeolithic antiquity of the Grotte Chauvet art (2008)
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Pettitt, P. (2008). Art and the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition in Europe: comments on the archaeological arguments for an Early Upper Palaeolithic antiquity of the Grotte Chauvet art. Journal of Human Evolution, 55(5), 908-917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.04.003

Dating European Palaeolithic cave art: progress, prospects, problems. (2007)
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Pettitt, P., & Pike, A. (2007). Dating European Palaeolithic cave art: progress, prospects, problems. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 14, 27-47

Homo neanderthalensis (King 1864). Guest editorial. (2006)
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Pettitt, P. (2006). Homo neanderthalensis (King 1864). Guest editorial. Before Farming, 2006(3), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.3828/bfarm.2006.3.4

On the new dates for Gorham’s Cave and the late survival of Iberian Neanderthals (2006)
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Zilhão, J., & Pettitt, P. (2006). On the new dates for Gorham’s Cave and the late survival of Iberian Neanderthals. Before Farming, 2006/4, 1-9

AMS dating of a recently discovered juvenile human mandible from Solutré (Saône-et-Loire), France) (2006)
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Pestle, W., Colvard, M., & Pettitt, P. (2006). AMS dating of a recently discovered juvenile human mandible from Solutré (Saône-et-Loire), France)

The Late Glacial ancestry of Europeans: combining genetic and archaeological evidence (2006)
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Gamble, C., Davies, W., Pettitt, P., Hazelwood, L., & Richards, M. (2006). The Late Glacial ancestry of Europeans: combining genetic and archaeological evidence. Documenta Praehistorica, XXXIII, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.33.1

Contribution of Palaeolithic and Neolithic Y-chromosome lineages to the modern Czech population. (2006)
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Zvelebil, M., & Pettitt, P. (2006). lineages to the modern Czech population. Archeologické rozhledy (Praha. Print), LVIII(2), 250-260

Independent U-Series verification of the Pleistocene antiquity of the Palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags, UK (2005)
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Pike, A., Gilmore, M., Pettitt, P., Jacobi, R., Ripoll, S., Bahn, P., & Muñoz, F. (2005). Independent U-Series verification of the Pleistocene antiquity of the Palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags, UK. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 32, Article 1649-55

Neanderthals in Finland during the Last Interglacial? (2005)
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Pettitt, P., & Nyskanen, M. (2005). Neanderthals in Finland during the Last Interglacial?

The archaeological and genetic foundations of the European population during the Lateglacial: implications for ‘agricultural thinking’ (2005)
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Gamble, C., Davies, S., Pettitt, P., Richards, M., & Hazelwood, L. (2005). The archaeological and genetic foundations of the European population during the Lateglacial: implications for ‘agricultural thinking’. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 15, 193-230. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774305000107

Tempo and mode of formation of the Late Epigravettian necropolis of Arene Candide Cave (Italy): evidence from the direct radiocarbon dates of the skeletons (2005)
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Formicola, V., Pettitt, P., Maggi, R., & Hedges, R. (2005). Tempo and mode of formation of the Late Epigravettian necropolis of Arene Candide Cave (Italy): evidence from the direct radiocarbon dates of the skeletons. Journal of Archaeological Science, 32, 1598-1602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2005.04.013

Isotope evidence for the intensive use of marine foods by Late Upper Palaeolithic humans (2005)
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Richards, M., Jacobi, R., Cook, J., Pettitt, P., & Stringer, C. (2005). Isotope evidence for the intensive use of marine foods by Late Upper Palaeolithic humans. Journal of Human Evolution, 49(3), 390-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.05.002

We report here on direct evidence for the intensive consumption of marine foods by anatomically modern humans at approximately 12,000 years ago. We undertook isotopic analysis of bone collagen from three humans, dating to the late Palaeolithic, from... Read More about Isotope evidence for the intensive use of marine foods by Late Upper Palaeolithic humans.

Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates (2005)
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Nielsen-Marsh, C., Richards, M., Hauschka, P., Thomas-Oates, J., Trinkaus, E., Pettitt, P., …Collins, M. (2005). Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(12), 4409-4413. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0500450102

We report here protein sequences of fossil hominids, from two Neanderthals dating to ≈75,000 years old from Shanidar Cave in Iraq. These sequences, the oldest reported fossil primate protein sequences, are of bone osteocalcin, which was extracted and... Read More about Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates.