Why invent the handle? Electromyography (EMG) and efficiency of use data investigating the prehistoric origin and selection of hafted stone knives

For over 3 million years hominins held stone-cutting tools in the hand, gripping the portion of tool displaying a sharp cutting edge directly. During the late Middle Pleistocene human populations started to produce hafted composite knives, where the stone element displaying a sharp cutting edge was...

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Main Authors:	Alastair Key, Ian Farr, Robert Hunter, Anna Mika, Metin I Eren, Sam Winter
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2021
Subjects:	Geology not elsewhere classified Archaeology not elsewhere classified Stone knife Handle Performance characteristics Hafting Palaeolithic invention Ergonomics Gripping Geology Archaeology
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/16616545.v1
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