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Innovation and technological knowledge in the Upper Paleolithic of Northern Eurasia
Author(s) -
Hoffecker John F.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
evolutionary anthropology: issues, news, and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1520-6505
pISSN - 1060-1538
DOI - 10.1002/evan.20066
Subject(s) - creativity , upper paleolithic , modernity , human evolution , anthropology , history , archaeology , economic geography , geography , sociology , epistemology , philosophy , psychology , social psychology
The technology of modern humans is unique in the animal kingdom with respect to its complexity and capacity for innovation. Evidence of technological complexity and creativity in the archeological record is broadly coincident with and presumably related to traces of creativity in art, music, ritual, and other forms of symbolism. The pattern of modern human technology is part of a larger package of behavior (sometimes referred to as “behavioral modernity”) that emerges with the appearance of industries in Eurasia classified as Upper Paleolithic, but has deeper roots in the African Middle Stone Age.1–5.