Behavioral Modernity in South Africa

I just discovered a great article in the American Scientist this month (July/August 2009) on behavioral modernity as exemplified in the South African industries of Howiesons Poort and Still Bay, written by archaeologists Zenobia Jacobs and Richard G. Roberts. Fortunately, the whole article is available for free and online, with photographs, so if this subject fascinates you as much as it does me, you should read about it from two of the main researchers on the subject.

Jacobs, Zenobia and Richard G. Roberts. 2009. Human history written in stone and blood. American Scientist 97(4):302-309. Free to read online.

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