Fluvial sedimentary archives are important repositories for Lower and Middle Palaeolithic
artefacts throughout the 'Old World', especially in Europe, where the beginning of their study …

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 …

Substantial archaeological and genetic data suggest that the initial occupation of the
Americas is more complex and diverse than previously thought. As evidence for multiple …

New fieldwork and the revision of lithic collections during the past decade have renewed our
interpretation of the timing and characteristics of the earliest Acheulean techno-complexes in …

Lower Paleolithic bifaces are one of the most ubiquitous and persistent stone tools in
prehistory, proliferating from Africa through Eurasia from as early as 1.75 Mya and remaining …

The dispersal processes of anatomically modern humans in Asia during the late Middle to
early Upper Paleolithic periods have been a focus of intensive research in recent years …

The ever-growing use of the landmarks-based 3D geometric morphometric approach in
Paleolithic studies is providing researchers with robust datasets that facilitate the …

This book tells the story of both the ancient humans who made handaxes and the thoughts
and ideas of scholars who have spent their lives trying to understand them. Beginning with …

Polyhedrons, spheroids and bolas (PSBs) are present in lithic series from the Lower
Palaeolithic onwards and are found in several regions of the world. Nevertheless, very little …

A paradigmatic account may suffice to explain behavioral evolution in early Homo. We
propose a parsimonious account that (1) could explain a particular, frequently-encountered …