Across the Old World, Lower Paleolithic humans manufactured bone facsimiles of the canonical Acheulean stone handaxe, but these enigmatic bone items (mostly elephant) are exceptionally rare. As no functional use evidence was available, bone handaxes, unlike their more prevalent stone counterparts, were thought to reflect early human worldviews or spiritual conceptions. Sano et al. (1) provide unequivocal evidence for the use of a 1.4-million-year-old bone handaxe from Konso in carcass processing. I suggest that this important discovery further supports a dual functional and perceptual role for these items: Use of a biface does not negate a complementary role in signifying the relationships of …

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下旧石器时代的骨斧和筷子：工具和符号？[生物科学]

在整个旧世界中，旧石器时代的下层人类制造了规范的Acheulean石斧的骨传真，但这些神秘的骨制品（主要是大象）极为罕见。由于没有可用的功能证据，所以人们认为骨头手斧不像其他的石头手斧那样能反映人类早期的世界观或精神观念。Sano等。（1）提供了明确的证据，证明在加工cas体时使用了来自Konso的140万年前的骨斧。我建议这个重要发现进一步支持这些项目的双重功能和感性作用：使用双面功能并不能抵消在表示……的关系时的互补作用。