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 …

In recent years, there has been a tendency to correlate the origin of modern culture and
language with that of anatomically modern humans. Here we discuss this correlation in the …

Palaeolithic societies have been a neglected topic in the discussion of human origins. In this
book, which succeeds and replaces The Palaeolithic Settlement of Europe, published by …

This paper examines some large-scale patterns of behavioural change that are often viewed
as indicators for the advent of cultural modernity and developed symbolic communication …

Procedures by which archaeological stone tools have been analyzed have tradition ally
operated on an apprenticeship model, whereby a novice acquires competency at the elbow …

The first settlement of Europe by modern humans is thought to have occurred between
50,000 and 40,000 calendar years ago (cal BP). In Europe, modern human remains of this …

This article discusses two major revolutions in the history of humankind, namely, the
Neolithic and the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic revolutions. The course of the first one is used …

This book presents the first comprehensive description of the lithic assemblages from
Qafzeh Cave, one of only two Middle Paleolithic sites in the Levant that has yielded multiple …

The destructive distillation of birch bark to produce tar has recently featured in debates about
the technological and cognitive abilities of Neandertals and modern humans. The abilities to …

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 …