Homo faber. 2 million years of carved stone history. From Africa to the gates of Europe.
NMR| N° d'inventaire | 23876 |
| Format | 22 x 28 |
| Détails | 168 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | nine |
| ISBN | 9782711875030 |
Homo Faber, "the one who makes," traces the history of our lineage through this founding moment when the different species of hominins present in Africa, the cradle of humanity, designed the first stone tools by controlled fracturing of hard rocks.
Between 3.3 and 1.7 million years ago, the first cutters passed through successive stages of cognition, attested by recent archaeological discoveries made in Kenya and Ethiopia: selection and then transport of the best materials, choice of shapes, and soon total mastery of three-dimensional cutting.
These technological advances have major consequences: with the acquisition of increasingly complex dietary and social behaviors, they lead to a demographic progression that allows humans to undertake the settlement of Eurasia, the oldest evidence of which, dated around 1.8 million years ago, has been unearthed in Georgia, in Dmanissi.
This book is a unique opportunity to bring together exceptional finds from Africa and Georgia. They bear witness to this long history, our prehistory. Paleontologists, prehistorians, and specialists in Africa and Georgia shed new light on the context of their discoveries and the major stages that marked the manufacture of the first tools, materializing the extraordinary adventure of our origins.
Homo Faber, "the one who makes," traces the history of our lineage through this founding moment when the different species of hominins present in Africa, the cradle of humanity, designed the first stone tools by controlled fracturing of hard rocks.
Between 3.3 and 1.7 million years ago, the first cutters passed through successive stages of cognition, attested by recent archaeological discoveries made in Kenya and Ethiopia: selection and then transport of the best materials, choice of shapes, and soon total mastery of three-dimensional cutting.
These technological advances have major consequences: with the acquisition of increasingly complex dietary and social behaviors, they lead to a demographic progression that allows humans to undertake the settlement of Eurasia, the oldest evidence of which, dated around 1.8 million years ago, has been unearthed in Georgia, in Dmanissi.
This book is a unique opportunity to bring together exceptional finds from Africa and Georgia. They bear witness to this long history, our prehistory. Paleontologists, prehistorians, and specialists in Africa and Georgia shed new light on the context of their discoveries and the major stages that marked the manufacture of the first tools, materializing the extraordinary adventure of our origins.