For many years, intuition and common sense often guided the transference of patterning
ostensibly evident in experimental flintknap** results to interpretations of the …

Earth pigments figure prominently in debates about signal evolution among later Homo.
Most archaeologists consider such behavior to postdate~ 300 Ka. To evaluate claims for …

Flaked stone (lithic) artifacts are a ubiquitous cultural material at Pleistocene sites and first
appear in the archaeological record 3.3 million years ago (Ma) in East Africa. The African …

Our understanding of the South African Acheulean is heavily biased towards sites located in
the interior of the country, namely in the Cradle of Humankind and those located along the …

Edge convergence, which is typical for pointed tools, is a major morphological feature
contributing to the definition of the African Middle Stone Age (MSA). The multifaceted …

The Middle Stone Age (MSA) is associated with early evidence for symbolic material culture
and complex technological innovations. However, one of the most visible aspects of MSA …

Recent zooarchaeological and isotope analyses have largely settled the debate
surrounding Neanderthal hunting capacities, repeatedly demonstrating their successful …

The onset of the Middle Pleistocene (780 ka) in the European continent is associated with
significant environmental variations (Middle Pleistocene Revolution), innovative behavioural …

Recent functional and zooarchaeological studies conducted on the archeological finds of
Pirro Nord (PN13) produced new, reliable data on early European hominid subsistence …

The development of projectile technology was a fundamental step in the transition from
scavenging to hunting, providing hunters with more reliable access to meat, enabling killing …