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An Experimental Investigation of the Functional Hypothesis and Evolutionary Advantage of Stone-Tipped Spears

Stone-tipped weapons were a significant innovation for Middle Pleistocene hominins. Hafted hunting technology represents the development of new cognitive and social learning mechanisms within the genus Homo, and may have provided a foraging advantage over simpler forms of hunting technology, such as...

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Autores principales: Wilkins, Jayne, Schoville, Benjamin J., Brown, Kyle S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4146534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25162397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104514