Human evolution: the hard evidence of an ever-changing bush

PARADIGMI ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 89-111
Author(s):  
Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi
Keyword(s):  
Human Evolution ◽  
Hard Evidence

scholarly journals The origins of the Acheulean: past and present perspectives on a major transition in human evolution

2016 ◽  
Vol 371 (1698) ◽  
pp. 20150245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio de la Torre
Keyword(s):  
Human Evolution ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Homo Erectus ◽  
Major Transitions ◽  
Current State ◽  
Major Transition ◽  
Hard Evidence ◽  
History Of ◽  
Origins Research ◽  
Cumulative Knowledge

The emergence of the Acheulean from the earlier Oldowan constitutes a major transition in human evolution, the theme of this special issue. This paper discusses the evidence for the origins of the Acheulean, a cornerstone in the history of human technology, from two perspectives; firstly, a review of the history of investigations on Acheulean research is presented. This approach introduces the evolution of theories throughout the development of the discipline, and reviews the way in which cumulative knowledge led to the prevalent explanatory framework for the emergence of the Acheulean. The second part presents the current state of the art in Acheulean origins research, and reviews the hard evidence for the appearance of this technology in Africa around 1.7 Ma, and its significance for the evolutionary history of Homo erectus . This article is part of the themed issue ‘Major transitions in human evolution’.

Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Coward ◽  
Robert Hosfield ◽  
Matt Pope ◽  
Francis Wenban-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Human Evolution

An Update on Human Evolution

1986 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 585-585
Author(s):  
David J. Merrell
Keyword(s):  
Human Evolution

Hard evidence

1990 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-190
Author(s):  
Robert D. Stolorow ◽  
Bernard Brandchaft ◽  
George E. Atwood
Keyword(s):  
Hard Evidence
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