90,000 year-old specialised bone technology in the Aterian Middle Stone Age of North Africa.

90,000 year-old specialised bone technology in the Aterian Middle Stone Age of North Africa.

The question of cognitive complexity in early Homo sapiens in North Africa is intimately tied to the emergence of the Aterian culture (~145 ka). One of the diagnostic indicators of cognitive complexity is the presence of specialised bone tools, however significant uncertainty remains over the manufa...

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Main Authors: Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, Louise T Humphrey, Nick Barton, Simon A Parfitt, Laine Clark Balzan, Jean-Luc Schwenninger, Mohammed Abdeljalil El Hajraoui, Roland Nespoulet, Silvia M Bello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6169849?pdf=render

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