Archaeology can provide two bodies of information relevant to the understanding of the
evolution of human cognition–the timing of developments, and the evolutionary context of …

Aminostratigraphies of Quaternary non-marine deposits in Europe have been previously
based on the racemization of a single amino acid in aragonitic shells from land and …

The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of
humankind: this is where Steven Mithen began, drawing together strands from archaeology …

Handaxes: products of sexual selection? Page 1 Handaxes: products of sexual selection?
MAREK KOHN 81 STEVEN MITHEN” Why were handaxes made and why was their shape …

Since the pioneering days of Paleolithic archaeology in western Europe, the making of stone
tools has received special attention. Numerous studies were aimed at creating systematic …

Lithic raw material differences are widely assumed to be a major determining factor of
differences in stone tool morphology seen across archaeological sites, but the security of …

The Acheulean, sometimes known as 'the great handaxe tradition', is the longest-lasting
entity in the human cultural record. The oldest sites are in Africa at around 1.6 million years …

The British Palaeolithic provides the first academic synthesis of the entire British
Palaeolithic, from the earliest occupation (currently understood to be around 980,000 years …

Handaxes are often used to discuss the evolution of mental capabilities in early hominids.
There are several reasons handaxes are used for this purpose, but principal among these is …

Acheulian biface industries based on the production of large flakes as the primary blank
used for handaxe and cleaver manufacturing have long been acknowledged in the study of …