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Area of Science:

  • Paleolithic archaeology
  • Cognitive science
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Stone tool-making skill acquisition is theoretically important but poorly understood.
  • Learning challenges and costs are often neglected in studies of adaptive strategies and cultural transmission.
  • Cognitive demands are likely highest during skill learning, not expert performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally investigate stone tool-making skill acquisition.
  • To quantify learning costs and identify cognitive factors influencing skill development.
  • To develop methods for reconstructing ancient learning processes.

Main Methods:

  • Multidisciplinary study of Late Acheulean handaxe-making.
  • Training 26 naïve participants for up to 90 hours.
  • Psychometric, behavioral, and neuroimaging assessments.

Main Results:

  • Developed a quantitative skill metric using machine learning.
  • Reconstructed a group-level learning curve and identified individual variation.
  • Quantified learning costs and highlighted the importance of social support, motivation, persistence, and self-control.

Conclusions:

  • Identified cognitive targets for selection on skill acquisition efficiency.
  • Demonstrated the feasibility of reconstructing ancient learning processes from archaeological evidence.
  • Emphasized the significance of psychological factors in skill acquisition.