Long-standing speculations and more recent hypotheses propose a variety of possible
evolutionary connections between language, gesture and tool use. These arguments have …

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

Inter-site technological variation in the archaeological record is one of the richest potential
sources of information about Plio-Pleistocene hominid behavior and evolution. However …

The study of artifacts is fundamental to archaeological research. The features of individual
artifacts are recorded, analyzed, and compared within and between contextual …

After 800,000 years of making simple Oldowan tools, early humans began manufacturing
Acheulian handaxes around 1.75 million years ago. This advance is hypothesized to reflect …

In this article we review publications relevant to addressing widely reported claims in both
the academic and popular press that chimpanzees working memory (WM) is comparable to …

Stone tools are a manifestation of the complex cognitive and dexterous skills of our hominin
ancestors. As such, much research has been devoted to understanding the skill …

In the 7 million years or so since humans shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees we
have colonized more of the planet's terrestrial habitat than any other mammalian species …

Early stone tools, and in particular sharp stone tools, arguably represent one of the most
important technological milestones in human evolution. The production and use of sharp …