state of our field, where many new techniques are available to analyse the limited remains available, but the broader scope of the research questions can become lost in the array of new analytical methodologies. While it is certainly valuable to re-analyse archaeological remains and human paleontological remains excavated in the past, new fieldwork in underexplored areas is fundamental to progress in human origins research. This volume is focused largely on East Africa, where much of the research on human origins has taken place. Contributions from researchers working in areas outside this well-studied region would have been welcome, as the archaeological record in South Africa, for example, has in recent years entirely revised our understanding of early modern human behaviour. Perhaps human origins research is now in need of a systematic, step-by-step comparison of regional variation in human skeletal morphology, material culture and diet during the Middle Stone Age in Africa.

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有远见的动物：来自南部非洲的岩石艺术

在我们的领域中，可以使用许多新技术来分析有限的状态仍然存在，但是研究问题的更广泛范围可能会在一系列新的分析方法中丢失。虽然重新分析考古遗骸和过去发掘的人类古生物学遗骸当然很有价值，但在勘探不足的地区开展新的野外工作对于人类起源研究的进展至关重要。该书主要集中在东非，那里有许多关于人类起源的研究。在这个受到良好研究的地区以外的地区工作的研究人员的贡献将受到欢迎，例如，近年来南非的考古记录完全改变了我们对早期现代人类行为的理解。也许人类起源研究现在需要系统的，