Invention, Reinvention and Innovation. The Makings of Oldowan Lithic Technology

Developments in Quaternary Science

Volumn 16, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-68

  Hovers, Erella ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exceptional creativity; Innovation; Invention; Mundane creativity; Non human primates; Oldowan; Spatial clusters; Stone tool making; Technological stasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863992369     PISSN: 15710866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53821-5.00005-1     Document Type: Chapter

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