[HTML][HTML] The revolution that still isn't: The origins of behavioral complexity in Homo sapiens

EML Scerri, M Will - Journal of Human Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

The Southern African stone age sequence updated (II)

M Lombard, J Bradfield, MV Caruana… - The South African …, 2022 - JSTOR
A decade ago, we summarised the South African and Lesotho Stone Age technocomplex
sequence as a heuristic exercise, anchored in 242 dated assemblages (Lombard et al …

Evidence for Earlier Stone Age 'coastal use': The site of Dungo IV, Benguela Province, Angola

I Mesfin, MH Benjamim, AE Lebatard, T Saos… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The relationship between Earlier Stone Age (ESA) hominins and the southern African
coastal environment has been poorly investigated, despite the high concentration of open …

The place beyond the trees: renewed excavations of the Middle Stone Age deposits at Olieboomspoort in the Waterberg Mountains of the South African Savanna …

A Val, P de la Peña, M Duval, S Bansal… - Archaeological and …, 2021 - Springer
Olieboomspoort is one of the few rock shelters in the vast interior of southern Africa
documenting pulses of occupation from the Acheulean until the end of the Later Stone Age …

The unity of Acheulean culture

C Shipton - Culture History and Convergent Evolution: Can we …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter examines the issue of whether the Acheulean is a genuine homologous
cultural entity, descended via a chain of social reproduction from a common 'ancestor', or …

First high resolution chronostratigraphy for the early North African Acheulean at Casablanca (Morocco)

R Gallotti, G Muttoni, D Lefèvre, JP Degeai… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The onset of the Acheulean, marked by the emergence of large cutting tools (LCTs), is
considered a major technological advance in the Early Stone Age and a key turning point in …

A marine isotope stage 11 coastal Acheulian workshop with associated wood at Amanzi Springs Area 1, South Africa

AIR Herries, LJ Arnold, G Boschian, AF Blackwood… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Amanzi Springs is a series of inactive thermal springs located near Kariega in the Eastern
Cape of South Africa. Excavations in the 1960s exposed rare, stratified Acheulian-bearing …

A marine isotope stage 13 Acheulian sequence from the Amanzi Springs area 2 deep sounding excavation, Eastern Cape, South Africa

MV Caruana, CG Wilson, LJ Arnold… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Renewed research at Amanzi Springs has increased resolution on the timing and
technology of the Acheulian industry in South Africa. The archeology from the Area 1 spring …

Revisiting the Acheulean at Namib IV in the Namib Desert, Namibia

GM Leader, R Bynoe, T Marks, A Stone… - Journal of Field …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Namib IV (S23° 44.829', E14° 19.720') is frequently cited, as it is one of few
Earlier Stone Age sites in the Sand Sea of the Namib Desert. The site was first investigated …

A lithic provisioning model as a proxy for landscape mobility in the Southern and Middle Kalahari

BJ Schoville, KS Brown, J Wilkins - Journal of Archaeological Method and …, 2022 - Springer
Humans occupy a wide range of environments, including those that experience water stress.
Our species has a long history of mitigating arid and semi-arid environmental risk through …