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| Title |
Shape Variation in Aterian Tanged Tools and the Origins of Projectile Technology: A Morphometric Perspective on Stone Tool Function
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0029029 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Radu Iovita |
| Abstract |
Recent findings suggest that the North African Middle Stone Age technocomplex known as the Aterian is both much older than previously assumed, and certainly associated with fossils exhibiting anatomically modern human morphology and behavior. The Aterian is defined by the presence of 'tanged' or 'stemmed' tools, which have been widely assumed to be among the earliest projectile weapon tips. The present study systematically investigates morphological variation in a large sample of Aterian tools to test the hypothesis that these tools were hafted and/or used as projectile weapons. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 5 | 71% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 98 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 93 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 21% |
| Researcher | 18 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 20 | 20% |
| Unknown | 13 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities | 39 | 40% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 20% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 8% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 8 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 19 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 May 2022.
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#1,983,285
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#25,503
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#15,431
of 243,645 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#283
of 2,948 outputs
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