A refutation of reported Levallois technology from Guanyindong Cave in south China

• 来源期刊: 国家科学评论（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（6）
• 页码范围: 1094-1096
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwz115

摘要

As one of the most complex forms of lithic technology known for the Paleolithic,research on the Levallois stoneknapping method is critically relevant to our understanding of the cognitive abilities and depth of planning capabilities of archaic hominins,as well as the diffusion of knowledge and social learning in Pleistocene societies.For decades,Levallois technology was thought to be absent from East Asia for much of the Pleistocene,appearing only quite late (ca.50-40 ka BP) [1,2].