Archaeological traces of the activities of our early tool-using ancestors are spread throughout the Old World. While material evidence is plentiful, we still know very little about the particular behaviours which resulted in their creation. This text contributes to the gap in knowledge about how our ancestors led their lives. An international group of scholars in the field present late-1990s results of investigations on the Lower Palaeolithic. Chapters focus on the nature of archaeological evidence, stone tool technology, subsistence practices and settlement distribution, offering...