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 field of ergonomics studies how the human body interacts with its physical environment.
Often there is a focus on hand-held tools. In the case of hominin artifacts, factors relating to …

The purposeful production of small flakes is integral to the lithic variability of many Middle
Pleistocene sites. Inhabitants of the Acheulo-Yabrudian site of Qesem Cave, Israel …

The presence of shaped stone balls at early Paleolithic sites has attracted scholarly attention
since the pioneering work of the Leakeys in Olduvai, Tanzania. Despite the persistent …

This study presents patterns of flint acquisition and exploitation, observed through a large-
scale study of the lithic assemblages from the Middle Pleistocene Acheulo-Yabrudian …

Abstract During the Lower Paleolithic, the interaction between hominins and elephants
through the medium of lithic tools is testified by numerous sites in Africa, Europe, and Asia …

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 …

For over 3 million years hominins held stone-cutting tools in the hand, gripping the portion of
tool displaying a sharp cutting edge directly. During the late Middle Pleistocene human …

The long archeological sequence exposed during our renewed excavations in Hayonim
Cave sheds new light on the striking technological changes observed at the boundary …

Quina scrapers are well-known components of the European Middle Paleolithic Mousterian.
A similar production process was detected within the lithic assemblages of the Levantine …