The geographic and ecological background behind the development and spread of
microblade technologies in Asia is a topic of considerable research interest. Microblade …

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 origin and development of bone technologies in China are reviewed in the light of
recent discoveries and compared to trends emerging from the European and African …

Hafting of stone tools and the creation of composite artifacts represent major developments
in the early evolution of human technologies, with implications for artifact functions, human …

The techno-functional approach has been employed to better understand one of the more
relevant artifact types generally found in Lower Palaeolithic sites: so-called small tools …

The successful occupation of the eastern Eurasian Steppe in the Late Pleistocene improved
cultural connections between western Eurasia and East Asia. We document multiple waves …

The timing and behavioral markers of the Upper Paleolithic in different parts of the world are
of great importance to research on modern human dispersals. The pattern of behavioral …

Explaining the origins of agriculture is a topic of ongoing debate in anthropology. Traditional
explanations have often been categorized as either push or pull models. The former …

ABSTRACT A techno-functional approach applied to the lithics of the Late Upper
Palaeolithic Shizitan 29 site allows the identification of previously unrecognized technical …

Abstract Yue et al.(2021) have proposed a model of two Upper Palaeolithic industries in
Northeast China called the “Initial Microblade Industry” and the “Northern Microblade …