Complex cognition shaped the Stone Age hand axe, study shows

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 13:00 in Psychology & Sociology

The ability to make a Lower Paleolithic hand axe depends on complex cognitive control by the prefrontal cortex, including the "central executive" function of working memory, a new study finds.

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