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Did Levallois tools make Neanderthals human?
Evaluating a recent hypothesis from the geneticist David Reich, focusing on range expansion from Africa.
Mar 15
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Complex fiber and wood technologies of the first Great Basin peoples
From Cougar Mountain Cave and Paisley Caves, Oregon, come remarkably preserved examples of perishable materials.
Feb 15
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Four amazing Stone Age sites with wooden artifacts
From Africa, Asia, and Europe, these sites give us a rare window into the ways that organic technology shaped ancestral lives.
Apr 22, 2024
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Guide to Paranthropus species
Long known as a group of human relatives with big teeth and jaws, these ancient species lived for at least two million years alongside our ancestors.
Jan 21, 2024
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All the hominins made tools
A study of associations between stone tool evidence and fossil hominin remains shows that a wide range of species made stone artifacts.
Dec 3, 2023
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Understanding numbers as cognitive technology
The Whorf hypothesis says language shapes human thought. A small indigenous group with few number words puts the idea to the test.
Oct 9, 2022
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Neandertals hunted dangerous prey. How they killed them.
With deep experience in the hunt, Neandertals could anticipate the behavior of many of the most dangerous prey animals.
Sep 24, 2022
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Looking at the traces of wear on tools used by capuchin monkeys
Studying microscopic traces of wear on tools helps create a comparative body of data for early hominin use of tools.
Dec 13, 2020
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The earliest stone toolmakers had some technological sophistication
Several studies consider the stone flaking decisions necessary for Oldowan tool manufacture.
Apr 12, 2005
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