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 …

Cumulative technological culture (CTC) refers to the increase in the efficiency and
complexity of tools and techniques in human populations over generations. A fascinating …

The places in which people live, sleep, prepare food, and undertake other activities—known
variably as homes, residential sites, living sites, and domestic spaces—play a key role in the …

Kim Sterelny here builds on his original account of the evolutionary development and
interaction of human culture and cooperation, which he first presented in The Evolved …

The biological approach to culture focuses almost exclusively on processes of social
learning, to the neglect of processes of cultural coordination including joint action and …

The capacity of Homo sapiens for the intergenerational accumulation of complex
technologies, practices, and beliefs is central to contemporary accounts of human …

We have learned much about tool use in nonhumans since the discovery of Oldowan stone
tools. Despite the ongoing debate over whether tool use in other animals requires cultural …

Early stone tool production, or knapping, techniques are claimed to be the earliest evidence
for cultural transmission in the human lineage. Previous experimental studies have trained …

Despite its theoretical importance, the process of stone tool-making skill acquisition remains
understudied and poorly understood. The challenges and costs of skill learning constitute an …

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 …