A sizeable dataset comprising millions of lithic artifacts sampling over two millionyears of early paleolithic tool technology from Africa and Eurasia is now available.The widespread presupposition... Show moreA sizeable dataset comprising millions of lithic artifacts sampling over two millionyears of early paleolithic tool technology from Africa and Eurasia is now available.The widespread presupposition of an exclusively cultural, that is, socially learned,nature of early stone tools from at least Acheulean times onwards has been chal-lenged by researchers who hypothesize that these tools, a crucial element of earlyhominin survival strategies, may partly have been under genetic control, next to theeffects of various other determinants. The discussion this hypothesis has sparked offin the present journal is here explored somewhat further, focusing on the BaldwinA sizeable dataset comprising millions of lithic artifacts sampling over two millionyears of early paleolithic tool technology from Africa and Eurasia is now available.The widespread presupposition of an exclusively cultural, that is, socially learned,nature of early stone tools from at least Acheulean times onwards has been chal-lenged by researchers who hypothesize that these tools, a crucial element of earlyhominin survival strategies, may partly have been under genetic control, next to theeffects of various other determinants. The discussion this hypothesis has sparked offin the present journal is here explored somewhat further, focusing on the Baldwineffect.A sizeable dataset comprising millions of lithic artifacts sampling over two millionyears of early paleolithic tool technology from Africa and Eurasia is now available.The widespread presupposition of an exclusively cultural, that is, socially learned,nature of early stone tools from at least Acheulean times onwards has been chal-lenged by researchers who hypothesize that these tools, a crucial element of earlyhominin survival strategies, may partly have been under genetic control, next to theeffects of various other determinants. The discussion this hypothesis has sparked offin the present journal is here explored somewhat further, focusing on the Baldwineffect.A sizeable dataset comprising millions of lithic artefacts sampling overr two million years of early palaeolithic tool technology from Africa and Eurasia is now available. The widespread presupposition of an excluA sizeable dataset comprising millions of lithic artefacts sampling overr two million years of early palaeolithic tool technology from Africa and Eurasia is now available. The widespread presupposition of an exclusively cultural, i.e. sA sizeable dataset comprising millions of lithic artefacts sampling overr two million years of early palaeolithic tool technology from Africa and Eurasia is now available. The widespread presupposition of an exclusively cultural, i.e. socially learned, nature of early stone tools from at least Acheulean times onwards has been challenged by researchers who hypothesize that these tools, a crucial element of early hominin survival strategies, may partly have been under genetic control, next to the effects of various other determinants. The discussion this hypothesis has sparked off in the present journal is here explored somewhat further, focussing on the Baldwin Effect. ocially learned, nature of early stone tools from at least Acheulean times onwards has been challenged by researchers who hypothesize that these tools, a crucial element of early hominin survival strategies, may partly have been under genetic control, next to the effects of various other determinants. The discussion this hypothesis has sparked off in the present journal is here explored somewhat further, focussing on the Baldwin Effect. sively cultural, i.e. socially learned, nature of early stone tools from at least Acheulean times onwards has been challenged by researchers who hypothesize that these tools, a crucial element of early hominin survival strategies, may partly have been under genetic control, next to the effects of various other determinants. The discussion this hypothesis has sparked off in the present journal is here explored somewhat further, focussing on the Baldwin Effect. effect. Show less
