The appearance of Oldowan sites ca. 2.6 million years ago (Ma) may reflect one of the most
important adaptive shifts in human evolution. Stone artifact manufacture, large mammal …

This paper focuses on the empirical evidence for the cognitive abilities of early hominins of
the Oldowan Industrial Complex (c.≥ 2.6 to 1.4 Mya) on the African continent. It profiles …

The systematic archaeological and geological survey and excavations at Gona between
1992–1994 led to the discovery of well-flaked stone artefacts which are currently the oldest …

The capacity of Homo sapiens for the intergenerational accumulation of complex
technologies, practices, and beliefs is central to contemporary accounts of human …

The hypothesis that the principal varieties of Middle Paleolithic scrapers reflect varying
degrees of resharpening and rejuvenation, rather than discrete emic types, has generated …

Beginning in May 1990, a long-term collaborative investigation between palaeolithic
archaeologists and cognitive psychologists has focused upon the stone tool-making and tool …

The appearance of the first intentionally modified stone tools over 2.5 million years ago
marked a watershed in human evolutionary history, expanding the human adaptive niche …

The importance of planning or anticipatory organization in the technologies of archaic
hominids has recently come under much scrutiny. Among modern populations, the extent to …

While lithic objects can potentially inform us about past adaptations and behaviors, it is
important to develop a comprehensive understanding of all of the various processes that …

We outline a dual systems approach to temporal cognition, which distinguishes between two
cognitive systems for dealing with how things unfold over time–a temporal updating system …