Mobile carrying devices—slings, bags, boxes, containers, etc.—are a ubiquitous tool form among recent human communities. So ingrained are they to our present lifeways that the fundamental relationship between mobile containers and foresight is easily overlooked, resulting in their significance in the study of human cognitive development being largely unrecognized. Exactly when this game‐changing innovation appeared and became an essential component of the human toolkit is currently unknown. Taphonomic processes are obviously a significant factor in this situation; however, we argue that these devices have also not received the attention that they deserve from human evolution researchers. Here we discuss what the current archeological evidence is for Pleistocene‐aged mobile containers and outline the various lines of evidence that they provide for the origins and development of human cognitive and cultural behavior.

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人类认知进化研究中的移动容器：未被充分研究和代表不足。

在最近的人类社区中，移动式携带设备（如吊索，袋子，盒子，容器等）是一种普遍使用的工具形式。它们对我们目前的生活是如此根深蒂固，以至于容易忽略了移动容器和远见之间的基本关系，从而导致它们在人类认知发展研究中的重要性在很大程度上未被认可。确切地说，这种改变游戏规则的创新何时出现并成为人类工具包的重要组成部分，目前还不得而知。在这种情况下，快速的过程显然是一个重要因素。但是，我们认为这些设备也没有得到人类进化研究人员应有的重视。