Influence of Handaxe Size and Shape on Cutting Efficiency: A Large-Scale Experiment and Morphometric Analysis

2016/02/16 by Alastair Key, Alastair J. M. Key, Stephen J. Lycett · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Primate Behavior and Ecology

paper · doi:10.1007/s10816-016-9276-0

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Citations

• On questions surrounding the Acheulean ‘tradition’
• Modern Human Origins and the Evolution of Behavior in the Later Pleistocene Record of South Asia
• Handaxes: products of sexual selection?

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