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Reviews the evidence from archaeology and the neuroscience of vision that Acheulean bifaces or handaxes were the first realization of an aesthetic sense in the human lineage.
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Assessing when symmetry first began to be employed non-functionally provides crucial insights into the cognitive profile of hominins around 700,000 years ago.
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Interested in contributing to the debate as to the significance of the symmetry of stone tools to understanding cognitive evolution.
Derek Hodgson
University of York
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This page is a summary of: The First Appearance of Symmetry in the Human Lineage: Where Perception Meets Art, Symmetry, March 2011, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/sym3010037.
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