CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & ABSTRACTS

Forthcoming: Lycett, S.J., Collard, M. & McGrew, W.C. (2008). Invited participant in Symposium (organised by R. Kendal) "Identifying Social Learning in the Wild: Implications for Culture". International Primate Society Congress, Edinburgh, August, 2008. LINK

 

Lycett, S.J. (2008)  Invited participant in international workshop (OMLL  programme of the European Science Foundation) "Us and them: Modeling past genetic, linguistic, and cultural boundaries". Organised by Francesco d'Errico and William Banks. Université Bordeaux 1, Talence, France, May 15-17, 2008. LINK

 

Lycett, S.J. & Chauhan, P.R. (2008) Analytical approaches to Palaeolithic technologies. Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada, March 2008. Session organizer.

 

Lycett, S.J. (2008). Cultural transmission, genetic models, and lithic variability: integrative analytical approaches. Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada, March 2008.

 

Lycett, S.J. (2008). Is the Victoria West a 'proto-Levallois' technology? A phylogenetic assessment. Paleoanthropological Socity Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada, March 2008.

 

Lycett, S.J., Collard, M. & McGrew, W.C. (2008). Phylogenetic analyses of behavior support existence of culture in wild chimpanzees. American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings, Columbus, Ohio, April 7-13, 2008.

 

von Cramon-Taubadel, N. & Lycett, S.J. (2008). Human cranial variation fits iterative founder effect model with African origin. American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings, Columbus, Ohio, April 7-13, 2008. 

 

Collard, M. & Lycett, S.J. (2008). Impact of phenotypic plasticity on the identification of hominin fossil species: an assessment using extant hominoid craniodental data. Columbus, Ohio, April 7-13, 2008.

 

Lycett, S.J. (2007) Invited participant in workshop “Primatology meets Palaeoanthropology” held at LCHES, University of Cambridge (17th–19th April), organised by W.C. McGrew (20 international participants).

Lycett, S.J. (2007). Is the Soanian a Middle Palaeolithic Industry? A morphometric assessment. Presented at the Paleoanthropology Society Annual Meeting (27th - 28th March 2006) Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA .

Lycett, S.J. (2006). Invited speaker at UISPP XVth Congress, Workshop 22 – “Theoretical and methodological issues in evolutionary archaeology: toward a unified Darwinian paradigm”. Presentation title: “From Linnaean taxonomy to a Darwinian phylogeny of Palaeolithic technologies: implications for the evolutionary analysis of culture” XVth CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR PREHISTORIC AND PROTOHISTORIC SCIENCES (4th-9th September 2006) Lisbon , Portugal . Link

Lycett, S.J. (2006). Invited speaker at UISPP XVth Congress, C63 – “Transitions in the Palaeolithic”. Presentation title: “Quantifying transitions: a morphometric approach to Palaeolithic variability and technological change”. XVth CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR PREHISTORIC AND PROTOHISTORIC SCIENCES (4th-9th September 2006) Lisbon , Portugal . Link

Lycett, S.J., von Cramon-Taubadel, N. & Foley, R.A. (2006) A new method for the morphometric analysis of lithic artefacts: the Crossbeam Co-ordinate Caliper. Presented at the Paleoanthropology Society Annual Meeting (24th - 26th April 2006) San Juan , Puerto Rico .

Collard, M. & Lycett, S.J. (2006) Does epigenetic variation confound attempts to identify hominid fossil species? An assessment using extant Old World monkey craniodental data. Presented at the Paleoanthropology Society Annual Meeting (24th - 26th April 2006) San Juan , Puerto Rico .

Lycett, S.J. & Collard, M. (2004). An extant primate-based assessment of the likely importance of homoiology in hominid phylogenetics. Presented at 74th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (14th -17th April), Tampa , Florida , USA .