Despite evolutionary musicology's interdisciplinary nature, and the diverse methods it
employs, the field has nevertheless tended to divide into two main positions. Some argue …

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 …

What is it that makes us human? This is one of the most challenging and important questions
we face. Our species' defining characteristic is language-we appear to be unique in the …

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 …

Rapid climate variability has been hypothesized to play an important role in hominin
evolution, yet our knowledge of Plio-Pleistocene climate change on short timescales is poor …

The evolution of modern human behavior was undoubtedly accompanied by neurological
changes that enhanced capacities for innovation in technology, language, and social …

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

This paper argues that the origins of language can be detected one million years ago, if not
earlier, in the archaeological record of Homo erectus. This controversial claim is based on a …

The appearance of Levallois technology ca. 300,000–250,000 years ago (oxygen isotope
stage 8) is commonly used to define the Lower-to-Middle Palaeolithic boundary in Europe …

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 …