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The CLASH model lacks evolutionary and archeological support

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2017

Agustin Fuentes ,
Marc Kissel ,
Rahul Oka ,
Susan Sheridan ,
Nam Kim  and
Matthew Piscitelli
Agustin Fuentes
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 afuentes@nd.edu mkissel@nd.edu roka@nd.edu ssherida@nd.edu
Marc Kissel
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 afuentes@nd.edu mkissel@nd.edu roka@nd.edu ssherida@nd.edu
Rahul Oka
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 afuentes@nd.edu mkissel@nd.edu roka@nd.edu ssherida@nd.edu
Susan Sheridan
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 afuentes@nd.edu mkissel@nd.edu roka@nd.edu ssherida@nd.edu
Nam Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706 nckim2@wisc.edu
Matthew Piscitelli
Affiliation:
The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605 matthew.piscitelli@gmail.com
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Abstract

Data from archaeology and paleoanthropology directly challenge the validity of the basic assumptions of the CLASH model. By not incorporating a “deep time” perspective, the hypothesis lacks the evolutionary baseline the authors seek to infer in validating the model.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e85
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