[HTML][HTML] The revolution that still isn't: The origins of behavioral complexity in Homo sapiens

EML Scerri, M Will - Journal of Human Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
The behavioral origins of Homo sapiens can be traced back to the first material culture
produced by our species in Africa, the Middle Stone Age (MSA). Beyond this broad …

An abstract drawing from the 73,000-year-old levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa

CS Henshilwood, F d'Errico, KL Van Niekerk, L Dayet… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract and depictive representations produced by drawing—known from Europe, Africa
and Southeast Asia after 40,000 years ago—are a prime indicator of modern cognition and …

Rethinking the Middle to Later Stone Age transition in southern Africa-A perspective from the highveld of Eswatini

GD Bader, A Mabuza, DP Williams, M Will - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

The chronological, sedimentary and environmental context for the archaeological deposits at Blombos Cave, South Africa

Z Jacobs, BG Jones, HC Cawthra… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The site of Blombos Cave (BBC) is well known for archaeological remains that have
advanced our understanding of the development of modern human behaviour during the …

Those marvellous millennia: the Middle Stone Age of southern Africa

L Wadley - Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Africa's Middle Stone Age (MSA) may have lasted almost half a million years, but its earliest
expression is not yet well understood. The MSA is best known for innovations that appear in …

Coalescence and fragmentation in the late Pleistocene archaeology of southernmost Africa

A Mackay, BA Stewart, BM Chase - Journal of human evolution, 2014 - Elsevier
The later Pleistocene archaeological record of southernmost Africa encompasses several
Middle Stone Age industries and the transition to the Later Stone Age. Through this period …

The emergence of habitual ochre use in Africa and its significance for the development of ritual behavior during the Middle Stone Age

R Dapschauskas, MB Göden, C Sommer… - Journal of World …, 2022 - Springer
Over the last two decades, red ochre has played a pivotal role in discussions about the
cognitive and cultural evolution of early modern humans during the African Middle Stone …

[KNIHA][B] The evolution of Paleolithic technologies

SL Kuhn - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

The Southern African stone age sequence updated (II)

M Lombard, J Bradfield, MV Caruana… - The South African …, 2022 - JSTOR
A decade ago, we summarised the South African and Lesotho Stone Age technocomplex
sequence as a heuristic exercise, anchored in 242 dated assemblages (Lombard et al …

Environmental influences on human innovation and behavioural diversity in southern Africa 92–80 thousand years ago

A Mackay, SJ Armitage, EM Niespolo… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Africa's Middle Stone Age preserves sporadic evidence for novel behaviours
among early modern humans, prompting a range of questions about the influence of social …