The search for the origin of modern human behaviour and
technological advancement among our ancestors in southern Africa some 70 000
years ago, has taken a step closer to firmly establishing Africa, and
especially South Africa, as the primary centre for the early development of
human behaviour.
A new research paper by renowned Wits University
archaeologist, Prof. Christopher Henshilwood, is the first detailed summary of
the time periods he and a group of international researchers have been studying
in South Africa: namely the Still Bay techno-traditions (c. 75 000 – 70 000
years) and the Howiesons Poort techno-tradition (c. 65 000 – 60 000 years).