Abstract Located within the Beni Fouda intramontane basin, the Oued Boucherit area
(Guelta Zerga, North East Algeria) hosts a unique succession of archaeological and …

Our updated review of sites bearing hominin remains and/or tools from Europe, including
new findings from the Balkans, still indicates that the only compelling evidence of main …

East Africa has provided the earliest known evidence for Oldowan stone artifacts and
hominin-induced stone tool cutmarks dated to~ 2.6 million years (Ma) ago. The~ 1.8-million …

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 …

We define 17 African land mammal ages, or AFLMAs, covering the Cenozoic record of the
Afro-arabian continent, the planet's second largest land mass. While fossiliferous deposits …

The onset of the Acheulean, marked by the emergence of large cutting tools (LCTs), is
considered a major technological advance in the Early Stone Age and a key turning point in …

The chronology and environmental context of the first hominin dispersal in Europe have
been subject to debate and controversy. The oldest settlements in Eurasia (eg, Dmanisi,∼ …

Abstract Konso in Ethiopia and Kokiselei in Kenya, both dated to~ 1.7 million years ago
(Ma), and FLK West, a recently reported site from Olduvai dated to 1.7 Ma, are the earliest …

1.1. Background Our current understanding of early human settlements in North Africa relies
on a few well-contextualized Oldowan and Acheulean sites (eg, Ain Hanech, El Kherba, Ain …

North Africa is a key area for understanding cultural processes that led to the Acheulean pan-
African emergence and expressions and the related hominin population dynamics …