The modern human hand is an intriguing mix of primitive morphology and derived function.
Traditionally, its form and function are explained as a functional “trade‐off” between the …

The stone artifact record has been one of the major grounds for investigating our evolution.
With the predominant focus on their morphological attributes and technological aspects of …

There is a general consensus that our species emerged first in Africa. Currently, the best-
known skeletal evidence for the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens (AMHs) derives …

Endscrapers are specialized tools that are usually recovered in great quantities in every
Upper Paleolithic site in Europe. Although they make their first ephemeral appearance in the …

The use of fire is essential for the preparation of hafting adhesives; both are suggested to be
a proxy for distinguishing the technological expertise and complex cognition among …

Stone artifacts (lithics) preserve for extended periods; thus they are key evidence for probing
the evolution of human technological behaviors. Africa boasts the oldest record of stone …

Resharpening is considered to be a common technique for extending the use life of stone
tools in certain prehistoric contexts. For Clovis peoples, the earliest well-documented North …

The arrival of farmer groups in southern Africa, from the early first millennium CE, is thought
to have influenced forager behavioural patterns. Understanding these behavioural shifts are …

There is now broad consensus that the appearance of Clovis in Northeastern North America
(Great Lakes, New England) represents a colonization pulse into recently deglaciated …

Twelve species of marine shell were transported in significant quantities from the Red Sea to
the trade centre of Harlaa in eastern Ethiopia between the eleventh and early fifteenth …