John Shea at Stony Brook University is keeping alive the stone toolmaking technologies used by our most ancient ancestors.
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November 20th, 2009
Spark Blog: Video – Making Stone Tools Is Sooo Millions of Years Ago
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October 6th, 2009
Spark Blog: Working (and Playing) with Primitive Technology
Larry Engel and the crew head to Stony Brook, where Alan Alda gets a lesson in primitive weapon- and bead-making from experimental archaeologist John Shea.
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In the News
August 20th, 2009
In the News: Video – Pyroengineering
Pyroengineering. A big word for what early modern humans learned to do with silcrete at least 72,000 years ago, according to researchers.
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August 27th, 2008
Spark Blog: Inside Alan Alda’s Brain
In Oregon, we peered with both an MRI and a brain wave monitor into Alan’s brain to find out how he employs it for language and tool use.
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