Random walks in handaxe knapping before 1.2 million years ago in East Africa at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopia)

Eduardo Méndez-Quintas, Rita T. Melis, Flavio Altamura, Patricia Bello-Alonso, Andrea Serodio Domínguez, Adugna Debalike Belayneh, Riccardo Salvini, Giuliano Ambrosetti, Margherita Mussi

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0357880
Published: 2026-09-24
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0357880,
  title = {Random walks in handaxe knapping before 1.2 million years ago in East Africa at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopia)},
  author = {Eduardo Méndez-Quintas and Rita T. Melis and Flavio Altamura and Patricia Bello-Alonso and Andrea Serodio Domínguez and Adugna Debalike Belayneh and Riccardo Salvini and Giuliano Ambrosetti and Margherita Mussi},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS One},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0357880},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0357880}
}

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TI  - Random walks in handaxe knapping before 1.2 million years ago in East Africa at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopia)
AU  - Eduardo Méndez-Quintas
AU  - Rita T. Melis
AU  - Flavio Altamura
AU  - Patricia Bello-Alonso
AU  - Andrea Serodio Domínguez
AU  - Adugna Debalike Belayneh
AU  - Riccardo Salvini
AU  - Giuliano Ambrosetti
AU  - Margherita Mussi
PY  - 2026
JO  - PLOS One
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0357880
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Méndez-Quintas, E., Melis, R. T., Altamura, F., Bello-Alonso, P., Domínguez, A. S., Belayneh, A. D., Salvini, R., Ambrosetti, G., & Mussi, M. (2026). Random walks in handaxe knapping before 1.2 million years ago in East Africa at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopia). PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0357880

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