With the development of high-performance components in advanced equipment,
manufacturing precision and scale are approaching to atomic-scale, especially in the fields …

The genus Homo evolved during the Pleistocene—an epoch of gradual cooling and
amplification of glacial cycles. The changing climates influenced early human survival …

The behavioral origins of Homo sapiens can be traced back to the first material culture
produced by our species in Africa, the Middle Stone Age (MSA). Beyond this broad …

Previous research suggests that the complex symbolic, technological, and socioeconomic
behaviors that typify Homo sapiens had roots in the middle Pleistocene< 200,000 years ago …

An increasingly influential school of thought in cognitive science views the mind as
embodied, extended, and distributed rather than brain-bound or" all in the head." This shift in …

ABSTRACT In the Eurasian Upper Paleolithic after about 35,000 years ago, abstract or
depictional images provide evidence for cognitive abilities considered integral to modern …

Genetic and anatomical evidence suggests that Homo sapiens arose in Africa between 200
and 100 thousand years (kyr) ago,, and recent evidence indicates symbolic behaviour may …

Powerful categories of evidence for symbolically mediated behaviour, variously described
as 'modern'or 'cognitively modern'human behaviour, are geometric or iconographic …

Archaeology's main contribution to the debate over the origins of modern humans has been
investigating where and when modern human behavior is first recognized in the …

Since 1991, excavations at Blombos Cave have yielded a well-preserved sample of faunal
and cultural material in Middle Stone Age (MSA) levels. The uppermost MSA phase, M1, is …