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15 - General Engineering

Imperial College London

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Article title

The manipulative complexity of Lower Paleolithic stone toolmaking.

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0013718

Title of journal

PLOS One

Article number

Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

e13718

ISSN of journal

1932-6203

Year of publication

2010

URL

Number of additional authors

Additional information

This work, in collaboration with archaeologists, addressed a fundamental question in human evolution: why did it take 2 million years to progress from simple stone shards to hand axes? We disproved one of two rival theories by developing the first metric of manipulative complexity, enabling comparison of any hand-oriented tasks. Presented at invitation-only meetings (e.g. ESF-EMBO Symposium, Saint-Feliu-de-Guixols, Spain 2010; NYU-UCL Symposium, London 2013). Media coverage: Guardian, New Scientist, BBC Today show. Metric is being piloted for assessing osteoarthritis (A. McGregor, Charing Cross Hospital) and ataxia (R. Festenstein, Hammersmith Hospital; £129k collaborative NIHR BRC funding for assessing effects of drugs).

Interdisciplinary

Yes

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract