The systematic exploitation of marine foods by terrestrial mammals lacking aquatic
morphologies is rare. Widespread ethnographic and archaeological evidence from many …

Humans evolved in Africa, but where and how remain unclear. Here it is proposed that the
southern coastal plain (SCP) of South Africa may have served as a geographical point of …

Genetic and anatomical evidence suggests that Homo sapiens arose in Africa between 200
and 100ka, and recent evidence suggests that complex cognition may have appeared …

Africa's Middle Stone Age (MSA) may have lasted almost half a million years, but its earliest
expression is not yet well understood. The MSA is best known for innovations that appear in …

Scientists have identified a series of milestones in the evolution of the human food quest that
are anticipated to have had far-reaching impacts on biological, behavioural and cultural …

The exploitation strategies of faunal resources have figured prominently in discussions of
the timing and nature of the beginning of modern human behaviour. These strategies have …

Abstract Middle Stone Age sites located within the Greater Cape Floristic Region on the
South African southern coast have material culture with early evidence for key modern …

Zooarcheological research is an important tool in reconstructing subsistence, as well as for
inferring relevant aspects regarding social behavior in the past. The organization of hunting …

Pleistocene foragers used several prey acquisition and processing strategies. These
strategies and their associated decisions are elucidated by taphonomic studies that cover …

Excavations conducted by HJ Deacon in the 1970s at Boomplaas Cave (BPA) uncovered a
stratified sequence of Middle Stone Age (MSA) and Later Stone Age (LSA) deposits …