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Anderson C

Bar‐Yosef O

Boesch C

Boyd R

Buchanan B

Calvin WH

Cavalli‐Sforza LL

Collard M

Durham WH

Durkheim E

Galef BG

Gamble C

Gowlett JAJ

Hansell M

Irons W

Jöris O

Laland K

Leakey M

Matsuzawa T

McNabb J

Mithen S

Paddayya K

Potts R

Richerson PJ

Roe D

Roebroeks W

Sanderson MJ

Schick K

Sharon G.

Shennan SJ

Soressi M

Vaufrey R

Vaughan CD

Weber B

Wenban‐Smith FF

Wynn T

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The goal of this paper is to provoke debate about the nature of an iconic artifact—the Acheulean handaxe. Specifically, we want to initiate a conversationabout whether or not they are cultural objects. The vast majority of archeologistsassume that the behaviors involved in the production of handaxes wereacquired by social learning and that handaxes are therefore cultural. We willargue that this assumption is not warranted on the basis of the available evidenceand that an alternative hypothesis should be given serious consideration.This alternative hypothesis is that the form of Acheulean handaxes was at leastpartly under genetic control

Corbey, Raymond

Collard, Mark

Vaesen, Krist

Jagich, Adam

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The Acheulean handaxe:More like a bird’s song than a Beatles’ tune?

Raymond Corbey

Adam Jagich

Krist Vaesen

Mark Collard

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The acheulean handaxe: More like a bird's song than a beatles' tune?

The goal of this paper is to provoke debate about the nature of an iconic artifact—the Acheulean handaxe. Specifically, we want to initiate a conversation about whether or not they are cultural objects. The vast majority of archeologists assume that the behaviors involved in the production of handaxes were acquired by social learning and that handaxes are therefore cultural. We will argue that this assumption is not warranted on the basis of the available evidence and that an alternative hypothesis should be given serious consideration. This alternative hypothesis is that the form of Acheulean handaxes was at least partly under genetic control

Corbey, R.

Jagich, A.

Vaesen, K.

Collard, M.

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The acheulean handaxe : More like a bird's song than a beatles' tune?

The goal of this paper is to provoke debate about the nature of an iconic artifact:
the Acheulean handaxe. Specifically, we want to initiate a conversation
about whether or not they are cultural objects. The vast majority of archeologists
assume that the behaviors involved in the production of handaxes were
acquired by social learning and that handaxes are therefore cultural. We
argue that this assumption is not warranted on the basis of the available evidence
and that an alternative hypothesis should be given serious consideration.
This alternative hypothesis is that the form of Acheulean handaxes was at least
partly under genetic control

The acheulean handaxe : More like a bird's song than a beatles' tune?

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