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Stone toolmaking energy expenditure differs between novice and expert toolmakers

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 185, Issue 4, December 2024.
Comparison of energy expenditure values during a stone toolmaking experiment between experts and novices. Abstract Objectives This study investigates the energetic costs associated with Oldowan‐style flake production and how skill differences influence these costs.
Justin Pargeter, Adela Cebeiro, Stephanie B. Levy   +2 more
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Back(s) to basics: The concept of backing in stone tool technologies for tracing hominins' technical innovations

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2024.
Abstract The evolution of Paleolithic stone tool technologies is characterized by gradual increase in technical complexity along with changes in the composition of assemblages. In this respect, the emergence of retouched‐backed tools is an important step and, for some, a proxy for “modern” behavior.
Davide Delpiano, Brad Gravina, Marco Peresani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flake morphology as a record of manual pressure during stone tool production [PDF]

, 2017
Relative to the hominin fossil record there is an abundance of lithic artefacts within Pleistocene sequences. Therefore, stone tools offer an important source of information regarding hominin behaviour and evolution.
Abramoff, Almécija, Almécija, Ambrose, Beaune, Bello, Bello, Chai, Cotterell, Cotterell, de Beaune, Delagnes, Dibble, Dibble, Dogandžić, Eren, Eren, Faisal, Gamble, Gowlett, Gowlett, Hamrick, Harmand, Isaac, Key, Key, Key, Key, Key, Kivell, Krantz, Lycett, Lycett, Magnani, Maki, Marzke, Marzke, Marzke, Marzke, Morgan, Napier, Newcomer, Nonaka, Pfleging, Rolian, Roux, Roux, Schillinger, Semaw, Sharon, Shaw, Skinner, Stemp, Stephens, Stout, Stout, Stout, Stout, Tocheri, Toth, Uomini, Washburn, Weedman Arthur, Williams, Williams, Williams, Williams-Hatala, Winton, Wynn, Zupancich   +69 more
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“How handy was early hominin ‘know‐how’?” An experimental approach exploring efficient early stone tool use

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 185, Issue 3, November 2024.
Abstract Objectives The appearance of early lithic industries has been associated with the gradual development of unique biomechanical and cognitive abilities in hominins, including human‐like precision grasping and basic learning and/or communicating capacities.
Brienna Eteson, Simona Affinito, Elena T. Moos, Fotios Alexandros Karakostis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Handaxe shape variation in a relative context

Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2019
The nature, extent and causes of shape variation within and between Acheulean handaxe assemblages represent one of the most heavily theorised aspects of Lower Palaeolithic archaeology. To date, however, handaxe shape variation has only ever been studied within an artefact-based comparative context.
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Evolutionary selection and morphological integration in the hand of modern humans

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 185, Issue 3, November 2024.
Abstract Objectives To enhance our understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of the modern human hand by analyzing the degree of integration and ability to respond to selection pressures of each phalanx and metacarpal bone. Materials and Methods The sample comprised 96 adult individuals, both female and male, from Euro‐American, Afro‐American, and ...
Mikel Arlegi, Carlos Lorenzo
wiley   +1 more source

Squeezing minds from stones: Cognitive archaeology and the evolution of the human mind [PDF]

, 2019
Cognitive archaeology is a relatively new interdisciplinary science that uses cognitive and psychological models to explain archaeological artifacts like stone tools, figurines, and art. Edited by cognitive archaeologist Karenleigh A.
Coolidge, Frederick Lawrence, Overmann, Karenleigh Anne   +1 more
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Was early man caught knapping during the cognitive (r)evolution? [PDF]

, 2002
Wynn describes a revolution in cognitive abilities some 500,000 years ago, which added new sophistication to the curiosity of early man – the ability to form hypotheses. This derivative of archaic curiosity is a fundamental feature of learning, and it is
Masters, RSW, Maxwell, JP
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Late Middle Pleistocene (MIS 10–6) glacial–interglacial records from loess–palaeosol and fluvial sequences from northern France: a cyclostratigraphic approach

Boreas, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 476-503, October 2024.
This paper, based on a review of the most informative loess–palaeosol sequences and fluvial terrace records from the late Middle Pleistocene of northern France, emphasizes the reliability of the cyclostratigraphic approach to pedosedimentary sequences controlled by major glacial–interglacial climate cycles.
Pierre Antoine, Nicole Limondin‐Lozouet   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Terrestrial implications for the maritime geoarchaeological resource: A view from the Lower Palaeolithic [PDF]

, 2007
Stone tools and faunal remains have been recovered from the English Channel and the North Sea through trawling, dredging for aggregates, channel clearance, and coring.
A Tuffreau, A Velegrakis, AJ Howard, AS Murray, AS Murray, B Hack, B Werz, CS Gamble, D Maddy, D Maddy, D Mol, DA Roe, DC Schreve, DC Schreve, DR Bridgland, DR Bridgland, DR Bridgland, DR Bridgland, DR Bridgland, DR Bridgland, DS Kaufman, EM Durrance, FF Wenban-Smith, G Lericolais, GA Sykes, GAT Duller, H Breuil, H Breuil, H Yoshida, J Huissteden Van, J Rose, J Vandenberghe, J Vandenberghe, J Vandenberghe, J Vandenberghe, J Wallinga, J Wallinga, J-Y Reynaud, JC Chambers, JJ Wymer, JJ Wymer, KJ Thomsen, LBM Verhart, LG Allen, M Drees, M White, MD Bateman, MR Bates, MR Bates, N Agersnap-Larsen, N Ashton, N Stern, N Stern, NM Ashton, P Antoine, PL Gibbard, PL Gibbard, RF Galbraith, RJO Hamblin, RM Bailey, RM Bailey, RM Briant, Robert Hosfield, RT Hosfield, RT Hosfield, S Stokes, SA Parfitt, SG Lewis, TDJ Cameron, TDJ Cameron, TDJ Cameron, W Roebroeks   +71 more
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