This paper focuses on the empirical evidence for the cognitive abilities of early hominins of
the Oldowan Industrial Complex (c.≥ 2.6 to 1.4 Mya) on the African continent. It profiles …

The emergence of the Acheulean from the earlier Oldowan constitutes a major transition in
human evolution, the theme of this special issue. This paper discusses the evidence for the …

In Africa, the scarcity of hominin remains found in direct association with stone tools has
hindered attempts to link Homo habilis and Homo erectus with particular lithic industries …

Although stone tools generally co-occur with early members of the genus Homo, they are
rarely found in direct association with hominins. We report that both Acheulian and Oldowan …

Pleistocene archaeology records the changing behaviour and capacities of early hominins.
These behavioural changes, for example, to stone tools, are commonly linked to …

We report the occurrence at 0.7 million years (Ma) of an ichnological assemblage at
Gombore II-2, which is one of several archaeological sites at Melka Kunture in the upper …

At least six different Homo species populated the World during the latest Pliocene to the
Pleistocene. The extinction of all but one of them is currently shrouded in mystery, and no …

A new development in archaeological chronology involves the use of far travelled volcanic
ash which may form discrete but invisible layers within a site's stratigraphy. Known as …

In the 1970s and 1980s, the emergence of the Acheulean at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash,
Ethiopia) was dated to 1 Ma (million years ago), based on the typo-metrical analysis of the …

Pleistocene environments are among the most studied issues in paleoecology and human
evolution research in eastern Africa. Many data have been recorded from archaeological …