A lost world and extinct ecosystem

(Arizona State University) The field study site of Pinnacle Point, South Africa, sits at the center of the earliest evidence for symbolic behavior, complex pyrotechnology, projectile weapons, and the first use of foods from the sea, both geographically and scientifically, having contributed much on the evolutionary road to being a modern human. A special issue of Quaternary Science Review has compiled research on this pivotal location.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news