Recent discoveries constrain the presence of hominins in North Africa since ca. 2.4 Ma and
in China since ca. 2.1 Ma, providing a new temporal framework for the earliest migration out …

Highlights•Tool use is habitual in several capuchins populations and is a valuable source of
information about physical cognition.-Those studies are on the rise and are a source of …

From emails to social media, from instant messaging to political memes, the way we produce
and transmit culture is radically changing. Understanding the consequences of the massive …

One harmful consequence of creating categories where one group is unique and superior to
others is that it justifies committing negative, often atrocious, acts on the members of the …

Early stone tools, and in particular sharp stone tools, arguably represent one of the most
important technological milestones in human evolution. The production and use of sharp …

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

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 …

Robust capuchin monkeys (Sapajus) are known for processing mechanically challenging
foods, having morphological adaptations to do so. However, several populations go beyond …

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

The ability to modify the environment through the transport of tools has been instrumental in
shaping the evolutionary success of humans. Understanding the cause-and-effect …