Since the launch of the Journal of Human Evolution fifty years ago, the archaeology of
human origins and the evolution of culture have witnessed major breakthroughs with the …

It is widely believed that human culture originated in the appearance of Oldowan stone-tool
production (circa 2.9 Mya) and a primitive but effective ability to copy detailed know-how …

Archaeological evidence informs our understanding of the evolution of hominin behaviour.
Such evidence is traditionally used to reconstruct hominin activities and intentions. In the …

Capuchins can employ several strategies to deal with environmental challenges, such as
using stone tools to access encapsulated resources. Nut-cracking is customary in several …

The evolution of the hominin hand has been widely linked to the use and production of
flaked stone tool technologies. After the earliest handheld flake tools emerged, shifts in …

The origin of tool use is a central question in human evolutionary studies. Plio-Pleistocene
core and flake technologies represent the earliest evidence of tool use in the human …

The Oldowan lithic industry represents the earliest known evidence of efficiently and
expeditiously produced flake stone tools (Toth, 1985; Braun et al., 2019; Reti, 2016; Stout et …

A fundamental goal of archaeologists is to infer the behaviour of past humans from the
attributes of the artefacts they left behind. The archaeological record is, however, fragmented …

Technological innovation has been crucial in the evolution of our lineage, with tool use and
production linked to complex cognitive processes. While previous research has examined …

Although once regarded as a unique human feature, tool-use is widespread in the animal
kingdom. Some of the most proficient tool-users are our closest living relatives …