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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1978; v. 6; p. 139-147;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1978.006.01.11
© 1978 Geological Society of London

Part II. Background: Palaeontological and Archaeological Problems

The first geologists—the archaeology of the original rock breakers

Glynn Ll. Isaac

What good is a broken stone—then or now? How and when did this venerable practice begin? Did the Stone Age start with a big bang or a series of little taps? Aspects of East Africa’s long record of stone tools are considered from a geological and an evolutionary perspective.