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 …

Qesem Cave is a Middle Pleistocene site in Israel occupied between 420 and 200 ka.
Excavations have revealed a wealth of innovative behaviors most likely practiced by a new …

The purposeful production of small flakes is integral to the lithic variability of many Middle
Pleistocene sites. Inhabitants of the Acheulo-Yabrudian site of Qesem Cave, Israel …

The presence of shaped stone balls at early Paleolithic sites has attracted scholarly attention
since the pioneering work of the Leakeys in Olduvai, Tanzania. Despite the persistent …

In the Late Middle Paleolithic of Central Europe, two main cultural complexes have been
distinguished: the Micoquian or Keilmessergruppe (KMG), and the Mousterian. Their …

The way in which humans organize their social and family lives is a defining feature of our
species. Base camps, places to which food is carried and shared, and where many other …

Flint tools exhibiting modified patinated surfaces (“double patina”, or post-patination flaked
items) provide a glimpse into Paleolithic lithic recycling, stone economy, and human …

Hafting of stone tools and the creation of composite artifacts represent major developments
in the early evolution of human technologies, with implications for artifact functions, human …

The over-representation of faunal remains, the particularity of the carcass processing and
the lithic industry suggest that the Les Pradelles Mousterian site was used as a task specific …

Major changes in the technological, economic, and social behavior of Middle Pleistocene
hominins occurred at the onset of the Middle Paleolithic, 400–200 ka. However, until …