[HTML][HTML] Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago

L Barham, GAT Duller, I Candy, C Scott, CR Cartwright… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Wood artefacts rarely survive from the Early Stone Age since they require exceptional
conditions for preservation; consequently, we have limited information about when and how …

[HTML][HTML] A double-pointed wooden throwing stick from Schöningen, Germany: Results and new insights from a multianalytical study

A Milks, J Lehmann, D Leder, M Sietz, T Koddenberg… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The site of Schöningen (Germany), dated to ca. 300,000 years ago, yielded the earliest large-
scale record of humanly-made wooden tools. These include wooden spears and shorter …

The wooden artifacts from Schöningen's Spear Horizon and their place in human evolution

D Leder, J Lehmann, A Milks… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Ethnographic records show that wooden tools played a pivotal role in the daily lives of
hunter-gatherers including food procurement tools used in hunting (eg, spears, throwing …

[HTML][HTML] Wooden hafting technology in the early Neanderthal site of Poggetti Vecchi (Italy)

S Florindi, F Santaniello, B Aranguren… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The invention of hafted tools, between about 500 Ka and 250 Ka years ago, was a
fundamental technological innovation that has shaped human social, cognitive, and …

[HTML][HTML] Shaping wood in the Canary Islands: First experimental dataset focused on tool marks of Prehispanic wooden artifacts

P Vidal-Matutano, A Palomo, S Pardo-Gordó… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The first settlers of the Canary Islands arrived at this archipelago from northern Africa
between the 2nd and 5th centuries CE. These communities probably knew metallurgy in …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond the main function: An experimental study of the use of hardwood boomerangs in retouching activities

EF Martellotta, YL Perston, P Craft, J Wilkins… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Retouched lithic tools result from the functional modification of their edges following
knapping operations. The study of the later stages of the reduction sequence is fundamental …

[图书][B] The Botanic Age: Planting the Seeds of Human Evolution

D Falk - 2024 - books.google.com
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Botanic Age Page 3 DEAN FALK The Botanic Age Planting the Seeds of Human Evolution …