- Nationality
- đżđŠ South Africa
- Affiliation
- Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Field of study
- Life Sciences
- Residencies at STIAS
- 2021 2nd Semester 2019 2nd Semester 2018 2nd Semester 2016 2nd Semester 2015 1st Semester
Projects
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Archaeology of a Hungry Mind
Why and how did we (Homo sapiens) evolve into a species that is dependent on its âbrainsâ rather than its âbrawnâ for our survival and successful spread across the globe? -
How did Homo sapiens become Homo docens? On the evolution of social learning and teaching during the Paleolithic
The purpose of the project is to analyse why teaching has evolved only in the line leading to Homo sapiens.
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Dated Holocene Human Remains from South Africa: Recalibration and Broad Contextualization
Loftus, Emma, Marlize Lombard and Maryna Steyn. 2024. Dated Holocene Human Remains from South Africa: Recalibration and Broad Contextualization. Radiocarbo...
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Causal Cognition and Theory of Mind in Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology
Lombard, Marlize and Peter GĂ€rdenfors. 2021. Causal Cognition and Theory of Mind in Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology. Biological Theory. https://doi.org/...
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Was there a shift from Levallois to Still Bay point knapping at Hollow Rock Shelter, South Africa?
Högberg, Anders and Marlize Lombard. 2022. Was there a shift from Levallois to Still Bay point knapping at Hollow Rock Shelter, South Africa? Azania: Archa...
public lecture / seminar
Minds on Fire - Fellows' seminar by Marlize Lombard, Anders Högberg and Peter GÀrdenfors
Cognitive and archaeological aspects of hunter-gatherer fire making The art of making fire was described by Darwin as one of the greatest achievements of humankind.
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Variation in hunting weaponry for more than 300,000 years: A tip cross-sectional area study of Middle Stone Age points from southern Africa
Lombard, Marlize. 2021. Variation in hunting weaponry for more than 300,000 years: A tip cross-sectional area study of Middle Stone Age points from souther...
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Introduction to âTheoretical Pathwaysâ: Thinking About Human Endeavour During the Middle Stone Age and Middle Palaeolithic
Högberg, Anders and Marlize Lombard. 2021. Introduction to âTheoretical Pathwaysâ: Thinking About Human Endeavour During the Middle Stone Age and Middle Pa...
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Technology led to more abstract causal reasoning
GĂ€rdenfors, Peter and Marlize Lombard. 2020. Technology led to more abstract causal reasoning. Biology & Philosophy, 35(4), 40. https://doi.org/10.1007...
public lecture / seminar
Archaeology of a hungry mind - Fellows' seminar by Marlize Lombard, Anders Högberg and Peter GÀrdenfors
We suggest that a useful way to explore the evolution of human cognition between about 300 000 and 50 000 years ago is to think of it in terms of a co-evolutionary feedback loop between aspects of biology, technology, society and ecology.
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Hunting and Hunting Technologies as Proxy for Teaching and Learning During the Stone Age of Southern Africa
Lombard, Marlize. 2015. Hunting and Hunting Technologies as Proxy for Teaching and Learning During the Stone Age of Southern Africa. Cambridge Archaeologic...
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The Nature of Culture: An Eight-Grade Model for the Evolution and Expansion of Cultural Capacities in Hominins and Other Animals
Haidle, Miriam Noël, Michael Bolus, Mark Collard, Nicholas J Conard, Duilio Garofoli, Marlize Lombard, April Nowell, Claudio Tennie, and Andrew Whiten. 201...
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Still Bay Point-Production Strategies at Hollow Rock Shelter and Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter and Knowledge-Transfer Systems in Southern Africa at about 80-70 Thousand Years Ago
Högberg, Anders and Marlize Lombard. 2016. Still Bay Point-Production Strategies at Hollow Rock Shelter and Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter and Knowledge-Transfer...
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Indications of Pressure Flaking More than 70 Thousand Years Ago at Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter
Högberg, Anders and Marlize Lombard. 2016. Indications of Pressure Flaking More than 70 Thousand Years Ago at Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter. South African Archa...
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Bridging Theory and Bow Hunting: Human Cognitive Evolution and Archaeology
Coolidge, Frederick L, Miriam Noël Haidle, Marlize Lombard, and Thomas Wynn. 2016. Bridging Theory and Bow Hunting: Human Cognitive Evolution and Archaeolo...
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Mountaineering or Ratcheting? Stone Age Hunting Weapons as Proxy for the Evolution of Human Technological, Behavioral and Cognitive Flexibility
Lombard, Marlize. 2016. Mountaineering or Ratcheting? Stone Age Hunting Weapons as Proxy for the Evolution of Human Technological, Behavioral and Cognitive...
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Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago
Schlebusch, Carina M., Helena Malströom, Torsten GĂŒnther, Per Sjödin, Alexandra Coutinho, Hanna Edlund, Arielle R. Munters, MĂĄrio Vicente, Maryna Steyn, Hi...
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Tracking the evolution of causal cognition in humans
Lombard, Marlize and Peter GĂ€rdenfors. 2017. Tracking the evolution of causal cognition in humans. Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 95, 219â234. https:...
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The role of play objects and object play in human cognitive evolution and innovation
Riede, Felix, Niels N. Johannsen, Anders Högberg, April Nowell and Lombard, Marlize. 2018. The role of play objects and object play in human cognitive evol...
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The Still Bay points of Apollo 11 Rock Shelter, Namibia: an inter-regional perspective
Lombard, Marlize and Anders Högberg. 2018. The Still Bay points of Apollo 11 Rock Shelter, Namibia: an inter-regional perspective. Azania: Archaeological R...
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Causal Cognition, Force Dynamics and Early Hunting Technologies
GĂ€rdenfors, Peter and Marlize Lombard. 2018. Causal Cognition, Force Dynamics and Early Hunting Technologies. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/1...
public lecture / seminar
How we learnt to think like humans - Fellows' seminar by Peter GÀrdenfors, Marlize Lombard and Anders Högberg
STIAS fellows Peter GÀrdenfors, Marlize Lombard and Anders Högberg after their seminar on 29 November 2018 Our expanding knowledge of the hominin tree, in combination with the archaeological record of sub-Saharan Africa and the reconstruction of ancient human genomes change our understanding of human cognitive evolution.