The MSA/LSA transition is a major shift in the African archaeological record, but questions
on its beginning remain debated. In southern Africa, most sites suggest an origin of LSA …

Abstract The Middle to Later Stone Age (MSA/LSA) transition is a prominent feature of the
African archeological record that began in some places~ 30,000–60,000 years ago …

Studies of early human settlement in alpine environments provide insights into human
physiological, genetic, and cultural adaptation potentials. Although Late and even Middle …

Abstract The Middle to Later Stone Age transition in Africa has been debated as a significant
shift in human technological, cultural, and cognitive evolution. However, the majority of …

Abstract The African Middle Stone Age (MSA, typically considered to span ca. 300–30
thousand years ago [ka]), represents our species' first and longest lasting cultural phase …

The archaeology of East Africa during the last~ 65,000 years plays a central role in debates
about the origins and dispersal of modern humans, Homo sapiens. Despite the historical …

Here we propose that the backing of microliths—applying steep, blunting retouch along one
edge—is a highly evolvable trait that emerged many times in different places around the …

Studies of early human occupation of Africa over recent decades have profoundly changed
how we understand our early ancestors, their inventiveness and adaptability. The spread of …

The Middle to Later Stone Age transition marks a major change in how Late Pleistocene
African populations produced and used stone tool kits, but is manifest in various ways …

The ecological adaptations that stimulated the dispersal and technological strategies of our
species during the Late Pleistocene remain hotly disputed, with some influential theories …