Through PalaeoHome, an INQUA-HABCOM project we seek to stimulate debates in questions related to spatial and temporal regional variability in Lower Palaeolithic technological strategies spanning the Early to Middle Pleistocene. Recent research has led to new perspectives on models of migrations ‘Out of Africa’, that require re-examination on modes of cultural transmission and technological evolution. We invite papers on themes relating to:

a. Recent discoveries and updates from fieldwork or analysis that have contributed to providing new perspectives on this topic;

b. Discussions on spatial and temporal variability in technological changes and cultural transitions with implications for hominin migrations;

c. Hominin behavioural diversity as inferred from lithic, bone, and wood technologies, contributions from experimental archaeology and ethnographic analogy;

d. Implications of nomenclatures for describing cultural phases and tool types that influence interpretations of cultural transitions.

By fostering dialogue across geographic and disciplinary boundaries, this session seeks to refine our understanding of early hominin adaptations and the complexity of Lower Palaeolithic technologies.