It is widely thought that causal cognition underpins technical reasoning. Here we suggest
that understanding causal cognition as a thinking system that includes theory of mind (ie …

The ability of Homo sapiens to kill prey at a distance is arguably one of the catalysts for our
current ecological dominance. Many researchers have suggested its origins lie in the African …

The appearance of weaponry-technology designed to kill-is a critical but poorly established
threshold in human evolution. It is an important behavioural marker representing …

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 …

Abstract The Kalahari Basin, southern Africa preserves a rich archeological record of human
origins and evolution spanning the Early, Middle and Late Pleistocene. Since the 1930s …

Lithic projectile points are a universal component of the hunting tool kits of archeologically-
and historically-known foragers. Recent experimental work with ballistic gelatin target s has …

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

This paper describes a new method of estimating stone tool function using a laser-scanning
confocal microscope. The primary benefit of the quantitative approach used here, and others …

This paper presents a review of our current state of knowledge about hunting lesions
Hunting lesions in faunal assemblages from Pleistocene and early Holocene contexts …

This thesis provides empirical data pertaining to the use of the earliest weapons in the
archaeological record, which are a collection of plain wooden spears dating to the Middle …