Lithic miniaturization was one of our Pleistocene ancestors' more pervasive stone tool
production strategies and it marks a key difference between human and non‐human tool …

The MSA/LSA transition is a major shift in the African archaeological record, but questions
on its beginning remain debated. In southern Africa, most sites suggest an origin of LSA …

A decade ago, we summarised the South African and Lesotho Stone Age technocomplex
sequence as a heuristic exercise, anchored in 242 dated assemblages (Lombard et al …

Birch tar production by Neanderthals—used for hafting tools—has been interpreted as one
of the earliest manifestations of modern cultural behavior. This is because birch tar …

In the scenario of the spread of the anatomically modern humans (AMHs) into Europe, the
techno-complex known as Protoaurignacian is defined by the production of blades and …

This paper provides an interpretation of the chronology of the Early Later Stone Age (Early
LSA) in South Africa and Southern Namibia. The Early LSA tradition first appears in Africa at …

In the past few decades, a diverse array of research has emphasized the precocity of
technically advanced and symbolic practices occurring during the southern African Middle …

Patterns of so-called modern human behavior are increasingly well documented in an
abundance of Middle Stone Age archaeological sites across southern Africa. Contextualized …

Recognized by archaeologists for over a century, and practiced by hominins in nearly every
archaeological context in which flaked stone is used, bipolar technology involves the …

ABSTRACT Boomplaas Cave, South Africa, contains a rich archaeological record, with
evidence of human occupation from> 66,000 years ago until the protohistoric period …