The emergence of the Acheulean from the earlier Oldowan constitutes a major transition in
human evolution, the theme of this special issue. This paper discusses the evidence for the …

The origin of the Acheulean constitutes a key aspect of current research in the archaeology
of human evolution. Olduvai Gorge is one of the main sites in Africa in the study of the …

Teaching is present in all human societies, while within other species it is very limited.
Something happened during the evolution of Homo sapiens that also made us Homo …

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 study of artifacts is fundamental to archaeological research. The features of individual
artifacts are recorded, analyzed, and compared within and between contextual …

The human archaeological record changes over time. Finding such change in other animals
requires similar evidence, namely, a long-term sequence of material culture. Here, we apply …

The Early Stone Age sites of Gadeb (Ethiopian South-East Plateau) were excavated under
the direction of Desmond Clark in the 1970s. Dated to between 1.45 and 0.7 Ma, Gadeb …

The Pleistocene record of East Asia continues to pose controversial questions for
palaeoanthropology, especially with regard to Palaeolithic technological patterns. In recent …

Archaeologists have explored a wide range of topics regarding archaeological stone tools
and their connection to past human lifeways through experimentation. Controlled …

The aim of this paper was to determine what technical gestures must be learned in order to
produce stone tools. To identify these gestures, we compared the performance of expert …