Since the launch of the Journal of Human Evolution fifty years ago, the archaeology of
human origins and the evolution of culture have witnessed major breakthroughs with the …

Extant primates, especially chimpanzees, are often used as models for pre-modern hominin
(henceforth: hominin) behaviour, anatomy and cognition. In particular, as hominin behaviour …

Archaeological evidence informs our understanding of the evolution of hominin behaviour.
Such evidence is traditionally used to reconstruct hominin activities and intentions. In the …

When and how human ancestors first used tools remains unknown, despite intense research
into the origins of technology. It has been hypothesized that the evolutionary roots of stone …

The production of sharp-edged stone flakes is often viewed as a unique adaptation specific
to the hominin lineage. The discovery of large stone cores and flakes dated to 3.3 Ma has …

The origin of tool use is a central question in human evolutionary studies. Plio-Pleistocene
core and flake technologies represent the earliest evidence of tool use in the human …

The new field of primate archaeology investigates the technological behavior and material
record of nonhuman primates, providing valuable comparative data on our understanding of …

Stone tool use is a rare behavior across nonhuman primates. Here we report the first
population of common long‐tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis) who …

The earliest hominin archaeological sites preserve a record of stone tools used for cutting
and pounding. Traditionally, sharp-edged flakes were seen as the primary means by which …

Whether disruptive technologies are more likely to emerge at the margin or the core of
industry has been a long‐debated issue. We theorize the relationship between …