A powerful and innovative argument that explores the complexity of the human relationship
with material things, demonstrating how humans and societies are entrapped into the …

In this paper, we explore how experimental studies of cultural transmission in adult humans
can address general questions regarding the 'who, what, when and how'of human cultural …

This handbook is a translation of the French manual “Des céramiques et des hommes.
Décoder les assemblages archéologiques.”(2016, Presses Universitaires de Paris Ouest …

Many animals, including humans, acquire valuable skills and knowledge by copying others.
Scientists refer to this as social learning. It is one of the most exciting and rapidly developing …

Charles Darwin changed the course of scientific thinking by showing how evolution
accounts for the stunning diversity and biological complexity of life on earth. Recently, there …

This book is the first comprehensive manual on stone artifact analysis, with detailed
examples of how to measure, record and analyse stone tools and stone tool production …

Shamans, including medicine men, mediums, and the prophets of religious movements,
recur across human societies. Shamanism also existed among nearly all documented …

Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring of scientific ideas. It offers
a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. But the legitimacy of this …

Archaeologists are adept at analyzing variation in artifacts. The discipline has well
established and tested methods to track change through time and to evaluate the function of …

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 …