Neandertals are the best-studied of all extinct hominins, with a rich fossil record sampling
hundreds of individuals, roughly dating from between 350,000 and 40,000 years ago. Their …

The range of technological elements that marks the Middle Stone Age originated more than
300,000 years ago and formed the basic tool kit for an extended period of time. No spatial …

The later Pleistocene archaeological record of southernmost Africa encompasses several
Middle Stone Age industries and the transition to the Later Stone Age. Through this period …

Broken ostrich eggshells are commonly found in Middle Stone Age sites of southern Africa,
presumably collected for food consumption, and later used as artefacts. At Diepkloof Rock …

The southern African MSA comprises a series of phases of unique technological innovations
that fuel current models on the evolutionary processes of Anatomically Modern Humans …

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 …

The four to six month old infant from Border Cave, found with a perforated Conus shell in a
pit excavated in Howiesons Poort (HP) layers dated to 74±4 BP, is considered the oldest …

Surveys for archaeological sites in the De Hoop Nature Reserve, southern Cape, South
Africa resulted in the discovery of a cave complex comprising two locations, Klipdrift Cave …

Diepkloof Rock Shelter offers an exceptional opportunity to study the onset and evolution of
both Still Bay (SB) and Howiesons Poort (HP) techno-complexes. However, previous age …

The classification of archaeological assemblages in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa in
terms of diversity and temporal continuity has significant implications with respect to recent …