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Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya

Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya

Laland, K. N. & O’Brien, M. J. Niche construction theory and archaeology. J. Archaeol. Method Th. 1, 20 (2010). Google Scholar  Rezek, Ž, Dibble, H. L., McPherron, S. P., Braun, D. R. & Lin, S. C. Two million years of flaking stone and the evolutionary efficiency of stone tool technology. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 2, 628–633 (2018). Article  PubMed  Google Scholar  …

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Germany thrived in the first China Shock. But the next one could prove catastrophic. : Planet Money : NPR

Germany thrived in the first China Shock. But the next one could prove catastrophic. : Planet Money : NPR

BERLIN — On a cloudy day in mid-September, I biked across Germany’s capital to meet up with Oliver Richtberg, a representative of the VDMA, at his organization’s annual political conference. The VDMA is an industry association (whose name is a German acronym that translates to Association of German Mechanical and Plant Engineering). It represents thousands of German companies that manufacture …

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