This paper focuses on the empirical evidence for the cognitive abilities of early hominins of
the Oldowan Industrial Complex (c.≥ 2.6 to 1.4 Mya) on the African continent. It profiles …

Abstract Located within the Beni Fouda intramontane basin, the Oued Boucherit area
(Guelta Zerga, North East Algeria) hosts a unique succession of archaeological and …

East Africa has provided the earliest known evidence for Oldowan stone artifacts and
hominin-induced stone tool cutmarks dated to~ 2.6 million years (Ma) ago. The~ 1.8-million …

Cueva Victoria has provided remains of more than 90 species of fossil vertebrates, including
a hominin phalanx, and the only specimens of the African cercopithecid Theropithecus …

Abstract The late Early Pleistocene archaeological site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Guadix-
Baza Depression, SE Spain), dated to~ 1.4 Ma, provides evidence on the subsistence …

North Africa is a key area for understanding hominin population movements and the
expansion of our species. It is home to the earliest currently known Homo sapiens (Jebel …

The current archaeological data on early hominin subsistence activities in Africa are derived
chiefly from Sub-Saharan Plio-Pleistocene sites. The recent studies at El-Kherba (Ain …

Eight years of excavation work by the Olduvai Geochronology and Archaeology Project
(OGAP) has produced a rich vertebrate fauna from several sites within Bed II, Olduvai Gorge …

The dispersal of the genus Homo occurred against a background of continuous
environmental change. Here, dispersals of large mammals through the Levantine Corridor …

The carnivore guild of the Early Pleistocene site of Dmanisi is among the most diverse of the
Early Pleistocene of the entire Old World. It includes 14 carnivoran taxa: Homotherium …