Proponents of the model known as the “human revolution” claim that modern human
behaviors arose suddenly, and nearly simultaneously, throughout the Old World ca. 40 …

Great apes, our closest living relatives, live longer and mature later than most other
mammals and modern humans are even later‐maturing and potentially longer‐lived …

Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the
mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary …

The chimpanzee of all other living species is our closest relation, with whom we last shared
a common ancestor about five million years ago. These African apes make and use a rich …

Many consider Lewis Binford to be the single most influential figure in archaeology in the
last half-century. His contributions to the" New Archaeology" changed the course of the field …

For many years after I decided to become a psychologist I was frustrated by my chosen field,
and fantasized about a day when it would satisfy the curiosity that first led me to devote my …

Since stone tool cut marks and carnivore tooth marks were first described systematically on
Plio-Pleistocene archaeological bone1, 2, bone surface modification has played a …

How language evolved has been called" the hardest problem in science." In Adam's
Tongue, Derek Bickerton—long a leading authority in this field—shows how and why …

The question addressed by this volume is how human beings have evolved as creatures
who can make and use more complex tools, communicate in more complex ways, and …

Experiments were conducted to assess the timing of carnivore and hominid influence on
archaeological bone assemblages. The results of disturbance by mainly spotted hyaenas to …