摘要：In this ambitious and timely volume, V. Roux and B. Bril compile 24 papers (including co-authored introductory and concluding chapters) that shed some much-needed light on the multiple dimensions of the hominin capacity to acquire, develop and master systematic stone knapping. While the volume’s title may lead some to expect a preponderance of archaeological and experimental case studies, these turn out to be comparatively few. This is due to the book’s unusual but very appropriate focus on the morphological, neural, cultural and manipulative conditions that underlie the capacity for knapping rather than on a more traditional concern with the byproducts of knapping activities.
