连接灵长类学和考古学:石头敲击行为的横向性
Sonia Harmand1, Adrián Arroyo2
1Turkana Basin Institute, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-4364, USA; TRACES (Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures, les Espaces et les Sociétés), UMR 5608 of the CNRS, Jean Jaurès University, Toulouse, 31058, France; IFRA Nairobi, Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique, UMIFRE, USR, 3336, CNRS, Kenya.
Journal of human evolution
|June 17, 2023
概括
早期的原始人开发了复杂的石头工具技术,不同于像黑猩猩这样的灵长类动物中观察到的无意脱皮. 灵长类考古学提供了洞察力,了解石材技术的起源超越了Homo.
科学领域:
- 古人类学古人类学.
- 灵长类动物的行为
- 考古学科学 考古学科学
背景情况:
- 人类起源的考古学已经取得了显著的进步,最早的石器证据是在Lomekwi 3 (3.3 Ma) 发现的.
- 对野生灵长类动物的研究,包括黑猩猩 (Pan troglodytes),子 (Sapajus libidinosus) 和长尾 (Macaca fascicularis),揭示了工具辅助的食和石头敲击行为.
研究的目的:
- 审查最先进的研究早期人类技术和灵长类的打击行为.
- 探索灵长类动物的行为如何为早期人类的技术进化模型和石的起源提供信息.
主要方法:
- 考古发现与早期人类使用石器工具有关的考古发现的审查.
- 对野生灵长类动物的行为研究进行分析,重点关注工具使用和石头敲击式食.
- 开发解释模型,以了解灵长类动物的石器签名.
主要成果:
- 现存的灵长类动物可以通过敲击行为无意中产生石片.
- 早期的原始人类在生产和使用石片方面表现出有意识的技能,超过了非人类灵长类动物中观察到的能力.
结论:
- 虽然灵长类动物表现出工具辅助的行为,但早期的原始人拥有独特的技术技能,可以在石头上脱落.
- 跨学科的方法,如灵长类考古学,对于理解超越Homo.Homo属的技术食行为至关重要.
- 需要进一步的研究,以应对研究石材技术的出现的未来挑战.
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