Wood modifications are becoming popular as a way to enhance the performance of wood,
either to make it more durable, improve the performance of wood, or give it new functionality …

The appearance of Oldowan sites ca. 2.6 million years ago (Ma) may reflect one of the most
important adaptive shifts in human evolution. Stone artifact manufacture, large mammal …

Wood artefacts rarely survive from the Early Stone Age since they require exceptional
conditions for preservation; consequently, we have limited information about when and how …

Ethnographic records show that wooden tools played a pivotal role in the daily lives of
hunter-gatherers including food procurement tools used in hunting (eg, spears, throwing …

It is often said that speech is what distinguishes us from other animals. But are we all talk?
What if language was bequeathed to us not by word of mouth, but as a hand-me-down?The …

The appearance of the Acheulean is one of the hallmarks of human evolution. It represents
the emergence of a complex behavior, expressed in the recurrent manufacture of large …

The Rise of Homo sapiens provides an unrivalled interdisciplinary introduction to the subject
of hominin cognitive evolution that is appropriate for general audiences and students in …

We have learned much about tool use in nonhumans since the discovery of Oldowan stone
tools. Despite the ongoing debate over whether tool use in other animals requires cultural …

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 …

Points and point fragments from Middle Stone Age layers (dated to between 50,000 and
60,000 years ago) from Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, were examined to …