Abstract
The authors deliver a decisive blow to the idea of unidirectional behavioural and cognitive evolution in this tightly argued account of why the bow and arrow was invented and then possibly laid aside by Middle Stone Age communities in southern Africa Finding that all are modern humans (Homo sapiens), they paint a picture of diverse strategies for survival and development from 75 000 years ago onwards It is one in which material inventions can come and go, human societies negotiating their own paths through a rugged mental landscape of opportunity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1433-1443 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Antiquity |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 330 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2011 |
Keywords
- Evolution
- Howiesons Poort
- Human mind
- Projectiles
- Southern Africa
- Stone Age
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archeology
- General Arts and Humanities