Modern humans are an anomaly in evolution, and the final key features occurred late in
human evolution. Ultimate explanations for this evolutionary trajectory are best attained …

The places in which people live, sleep, prepare food, and undertake other activities—known
variably as homes, residential sites, living sites, and domestic spaces—play a key role in the …

Late Pleistocene hominins co-evolved with non-analogue assemblages of carnivores and
carnivorous omnivores. Although previous work has carefully examined the ecological and …

This paper proposes that the distinctively human capacity for cumulative, adaptive, open-
ended cultural evolution came about through two temporally-distinct cognitive transitions …

Archaeological evidence suggests that important shifts were taking place in the character of
human social behaviours 300,000 to 30,000 years ago. New artefact types appear and are …

Abstract The arrival of Modern Humans (MHs) in Europe between 50 ka and 39 ka coincides
with significant changes in human behaviour, notably regarding the production of tools, the …

Abstract 'Behavioural modernity'isn't what it used to be. Once conceived as an integrated
package of traits demarcated by a clear archaeological signal in a specific time and place, it …

No other species remotely approaches the human capacity for the cultural evolution of
novelty that is accumulative, adaptive, and open-ended (ie, with no a priori limit on the size …

From Veld to Coast: Towards an Understanding of the Diverse Landscapes’ Uses by Past
Foragers in Southern Africa | Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology Skip to main content SpringerLink …

Many have interpreted symbolic material culture in the deep past as evidencing the origins
sophisticated, modern cognition. Scholars from across the behavioural and cognitive …