Proponents of the model known as the “human revolution” claim that modern human
behaviors arose suddenly, and nearly simultaneously, throughout the Old World ca. 40 …

▪ Abstract The transition from the Middle Paleolithic to the Upper Paleolithic is considered
one of the major revolutions in the prehistory of humankind. Explanations of the observable …

Archaeology's main contribution to the debate over the origins of modern humans has been
investigating where and when modern human behavior is first recognized in the …

Evidence from several archaeological sites in sub-Saharan Africa suggests that the
transition to modern human technology, marked by the change from the Middle to the Later …

Twenty-eight bone tools were recovered in situ from ca. 70ka year old Middle Stone Age
levels at Blombos Cave between 1992 and 2000. These tools are securely provenienced …

The Later-and Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave (BBC) were excavated over four
field seasons between 1992 and 1999. Here we report on the results from the Middle Stone …

The later Pleistocene archaeological record of southernmost Africa encompasses several
Middle Stone Age industries and the transition to the Later Stone Age. Through this period …

Recently discovered bone implements from Middle Stone Age (MSA) deposits at Sibudu
Cave, South Africa, confirm the existence of a bone tool industry for the Howiesons Poort …

Storage of symbolic information outside the human brain is accepted here as the first
undisputed evidence for cultural modernity. In the hunter-gatherer context of the Stone Age …

Backed microliths made on small flakes and blades are considered the hallmark of Later
Stone Age (LSA) industries of sub‐Saharan Africa. However, some early LSA microlithic …