Annotated Bibliography on Stone Age

Blinkhorn, J., & Grove, M. (2018). The structure of the Middle Stone Age of eastern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 195, 1-20.

The article discusses the structure of the Middle Stone Age in eastern Africa. The article examines the Middle Stone Age, which is characterized by a number of distinct phases, each associated with a different set of cultural and environmental conditions. The source is reliable since it is a journal. The article’s author is Blinkhorn, an affiliate at the University of London in the department of archeology and Geography. The source is relevant since it elaborates further on Middle Stone Age having a significant change in the way humans lived and interacted with their environment. I will use the article’s information to determine changes in Human lives and their interaction with the environment.

Tryon, C. A. (2019). The middle/later Stone Age transition and cultural dynamics of late Pleistocene East Africa. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 28(5), 267-282.

The article examines the transition from the Middle Stone Age to the Later Stone Age in East Africa and the cultural dynamics that accompanied this transition. The author argues that the change was marked by a shift from a focus on small-scale, localized hunting and gathering to a more intensive focus on large-scale animal hunting. This shift is thought to have been driven by a combination of factors, including population growth, environmental change, and the development of new technologies. The source is reliable since it is a book. The author Tryon is a professor at the University of Connecticut. The article is relevant since it discusses the cultural dynamics in the transition of the Middle and late stone Ages. I will use the information in the article to show the implications of this transition for our understanding of human evolution and the origins of modern human behavior.

Shipton, C., Blinkhorn, J., Archer, W., Kourampas, N., Roberts, P., Prendergast, M. E.,. & Petraglia, M. D. (2021). The Middle to Later Stone Age transitions at Panga ya Saidi, in the tropical coastal forest of eastern Africa. Journal of Human Evolution, 153, 102954.

The article discusses the Middle to Later Stone Age transition at Panga ya Saidi in the tropical coastal forest of eastern Africa. The article uses archaeological and environmental data to reconstruct the site’s pale environment and human occupation. The articles suggest that the change in the environment, from a forest to more open savanna, played a role in the transition. This is a reliable source since it is a journal. The author Ceri Shipton is an affiliate at the University College of London. The source is reliable since it is a journal. I will use the information in the article to determine the transition in the late Stone Age.

Nairne, J. S. (2022). Adaptive education: Learning and remembering with a stone-age brain. Educational Psychology Review, 1-22.

The article examines the idea of adaptive education based on the premise that our brains are designed to learn and remember information efficiently. The article describes how this approach can be used to improve educational outcomes. The article discusses how the use of mnemonic devices can help students to remember information better. The author Naime is an affiliate at Purdue University. The report is a reliable source since it is a journal. I will use the article’s information to determine the stone age’s recalling and learning capacity.

Scerri, E. M., & Spinapolica, E. E. (2019). Lithics of the North African Middle Stone Age: assumptions, evidence, and future directions. Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 97, 9-43.

The article examines the current state of research on lithics from the North African Middle Stone Age and highlights some of the critical issues and challenges that need to be addressed in future research. Some of the main issues addressed include the lack of a clear definition of the term “lithic” and the lack of a clear typology for classifying lithic artifacts. The article also discusses the need for more reliable chronologies for the North African Middle Stone Age and the lack of detailed context information for many of the lithic artifacts that have been found. The author Scerri, is an affiliate of the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology. The source is reliable since it is a journal. I will use the information in the article to determine the challenges which faced the North African Middle Stone Age.

Ferrill, A. (2018). The origins of war: From the stone age to Alexander the Great. Routledge.

The article examines the origins of war, tracing its roots back to the Stone Age. It discusses how various factors, such as weaponry development and civilizations’ rise, have led to war becoming more common. The article also looks at how war has changed over time, from the small-scale skirmishes of the past to the large-scale conflicts of today. The source is reliable since it is a book. I will use the information to determine the conflict existence during the stone age.