This contribution focuses on the recently excavated lithic assemblage from Border Cave
Members 1 RGBS, 3 BS, 2 WA and 2 BS. These members were attributed by Beaumont to …

It has been proposed that a multiregional model could describe how Homo sapiens evolved
in Africa beginning 300,000 years ago. Multiregionalism would require enduring …

Examining why human populations used specific technologies in the Final Pleistocene is
critical to understanding our evolutionary path. A key Final Pleistocene techno-tradition is …

The emergence of hunting technology in the deep past fundamentally shaped the
subsistence strategies of early human populations. Hence knowing when different weapons …

In the Stone Age, the collection of specific rocks was the first step in tool making. Very little is
known about the choices made during tool-stone acquisition. Were choices governed by the …

The relationship between Earlier Stone Age (ESA) hominins and the southern African
coastal environment has been poorly investigated, despite the high concentration of open …

Recent work indicated the possibility of hunting with poisoned bone arrowheads more than
60 thousand years ago in southern Africa. The interpretation rests on only a handful of bone …

The study of raw materials is an essential step in lithic analysis, regardless of the age,
provenance, and technology of the assemblages. As in many other contexts of the …

Africa is a key region to understand the emergence and evolution of humans and their
distinctive cultural traits. Detailed information exists across the continent, but major areas still …

The extended evolutionary synthesis (EES) emphasizes integrative approaches to
understanding distributed adaptability, incorporating development and intergenerational …