Many researchers assume that until 10–12,000 years ago, humans lived in small, mobile,
relatively egalitarian bands. This “nomadic-egalitarian model” suffuses the social sciences. It …

We present evidence that people in small‐scale mobile hunter‐gatherer societies
cooperated in large numbers to produce collective goods. Foragers engaged in large‐scale …

The study of audition in fossil hominins is of great interest given its relationship with
intraspecific vocal communication. While the auditory capacities have been studied in early …

Early Levallois core technology is usually dated in Europe to the end of Marine Isotope
Stage (MIS) 9 and particularly from the beginning of MIS 8 to MIS 6. This technology is …

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

This work examines the possible behaviour of Neanderthal groups at the Cueva Des-
Cubierta (central Spain) via the analysis of the latter's archaeological assemblage …

Neandertals were top predators who basically relied on middle-to large-sized ungulates for
dietary purposes, but there is growing evidence that supports their consumption of plants …

Most nonhuman primates prey on vertebrates. Meat-eating, defined as ingestion of
vertebrate tissue, occurs in 12 families,≥ 39 genera, and≥ 89 species. It is most common in …

In the context of the Western European Acheulean Project, this study aims to characterize
Acheulean technology in Western Europe through the analysis of handaxes and cleavers …

The period between 600 and 400 ka is a critical phase for human evolution in Europe. The
south and northwest saw a dramatic increase in sites, the spread of handaxe technology …