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  1. In Search of the Origins of Distance Hunting—The Use and Misuse of Tip Cross-sectional Geometry of Wooden Spears

    Article • Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dirk Leder

  2. A diachronic study of human-bear interactions: An overview of ursid exploitation during the Paleolithic of Germany

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dirk Leder

  3. Wooden artifacts reveal sophisticated human behavior 300,000 years ago

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dirk Leder

  4. First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion pelt by Neanderthals

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dirk Leder

  5. A double-pointed wooden throwing stick from Schöningen, Germany: Results and new insights from a multianalytical study

    Article • PLOS One, July 2023, PLOS

    Dirk Leder

  6. Wood technology: a Glossary and Code for analysis of archaeological wood from stone tool cultures

    Article • November 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dirk Leder

  7. A 51,000-year-old engraved bone reveals Neanderthals’ capacity for symbolic behaviour

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dirk Leder

  8. Al-Ansab and the Dead Sea: Mid-MIS 3 archaeology and environment of the early Ahmarian population of the Levantine corridor

    Article • PLOS One, October 2020, PLOS

    Dirk Leder

  9. Lithic Variability and Techno-Economy of the Initial Upper Palaeolithic in the Levant

    Article • International Journal of Archaeology, January 2018, Science Publishing Group

    Dirk Leder