Handaxes: products of sexual selection?

Citation metadata

Authors: Marek Kohn and Steven Mithen
Date: Sept. 1999
From: Antiquity(Vol. 73, Issue 281)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Document Type: Article
Length: 6,564 words

Main content

Abstract :

Why were handaxes made and why was their shape symmetrical and regular? These and many other questions are considered here, in a paper tackling hominid social behaviour and sexual selection. Key wrds: handaxes, sexual selection, mate choice, Lower Palaeolithic technology, knapping

Source Citation

Source Citation Citation temporarily unavailable, try again in a few minutes.   

Gale Document Number: GALE|A57049967