[HTML][HTML] The revolution that still isn't: The origins of behavioral complexity in Homo sapiens

EML Scerri, M Will - Journal of Human Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
The behavioral origins of Homo sapiens can be traced back to the first material culture
produced by our species in Africa, the Middle Stone Age (MSA). Beyond this broad …

[HTML][HTML] Making points: the middle stone age lithic industry of the Makgadikgadi basin, Botswana

S Staurset, SD Coulson, S Mothulatshipi… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Studies of early human occupation of Africa over recent decades have profoundly changed
how we understand our early ancestors, their inventiveness and adaptability. The spread of …

[图书][B] The evolution of Paleolithic technologies

SL Kuhn - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

Environmental influences on human innovation and behavioural diversity in southern Africa 92–80 thousand years ago

A Mackay, SJ Armitage, EM Niespolo… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Africa's Middle Stone Age preserves sporadic evidence for novel behaviours
among early modern humans, prompting a range of questions about the influence of social …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking use-wear analysis and experimentation as applied to the study of past hominin tool use

J Marreiros, I Calandra, W Gneisinger, E Paixão… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2020 - Springer
In prehistoric human populations, technologies played a fundamental role in the acquisition
of different resources and are represented in the main daily living activities, such as with …

Investigation of heat-treated artefacts from Pleistocene sites

M Moník, Z Nerudová, P Schnabl - Journal of Archaeological Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The paper presents an overview of the current state of investigation of heated and heat-
treated artefacts from Pleistocene sites, the methods frequently used in such investigation …

A shape to the microlithic Robberg from Elands Bay Cave (South Africa)

G Porraz, M Igreja, P Schmidt… - Southern African …, 2016 - journals.co.za
Elands Bay Cave (EBC) is a key South African site allowing discussion of technological
change and adaptations that occurred from the Upper Pleniglacial to the Holocene. In 2011 …

[HTML][HTML] Early evidence for the extensive heat treatment of silcrete in the Howiesons Poort at Klipdrift Shelter (Layer PBD, 65 ka), South Africa

A Delagnes, P Schmidt, K Douze, S Wurz… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Heating stone to enhance its flaking qualities is among the multiple innovative adaptations
introduced by early modern human groups in southern Africa, in particular during the Middle …

Low-cost efficient magnetic adsorbent for phosphorus removal from water

L Zhang, H Dan, OT Bukasa, L Song, Y Liu, L Wang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Adsorption using magnetic adsorbents makes the phosphorus removal from water simple
and efficient. However, most of the reported magnetic adsorbents use chemically …

[PDF][PDF] Varsche rivier 003: A Middle and later stone age site with still Bay and howieson's Poort assemblages in southern namaqualand, south Africa

TE Steele, A Mackay, KE Fitzsimmons… - …, 2016 - paleoanthropology.org
Southern Africa presents the best-documented Middle and Later Stone Age (MSA and LSA)
records in Africa, and yet significant uncertainties still exist concerning the sequence and …