Ran Barkai

Evidence for habitual use of fire at the end of the Lower Paleolithic: Site-formation processes at Qesem Cave, Israel

Panagiotis Karkanas, Ruth Shahack‐Gross, Avner Ayalon et al. · Journal of Human Evolution · 2007 · 327 citations

Paleolithic Archaeology, Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology +7

Cooperative hunting and meat sharing 400–200 kya at Qesem Cave, Israel

Mary C. Stiner, Ran Barkai, Avi Gopher · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 280 citations · Full text

Evidence for the repeated use of a central hearth at Middle Pleistocene (300 ky ago) Qesem Cave, Israel

Ruth Shahack‐Gross, Francesco Berna, Panagiotis Karkanas et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2014 · 192 citations

Middle Pleistocene, Central Hearth, Archaeological Record +5

Hearth-side socioeconomics, hunting and paleoecology during the late Lower Paleolithic at Qesem Cave, Israel

Mary C. Stiner, Avi Gopher, Ran Barkai · Journal of Human Evolution · 2010 · 183 citations

Historical Archaeology, Paleolithic Archaeology, Hearth-side Socioeconomics +7

Man the Fat Hunter: The Demise of Homo erectus and the Emergence of a New Hominin Lineage in the Middle Pleistocene (ca. 400 kyr) Levant

Miki Ben‐Dor, Avi Gopher, Israël Hershkovitz et al. · PLoS ONE · 2011 · 175 citations · Full text

Archaeology, Fat Hunters, Worldwide Association +21