How Do Stone Tools Reflect Cognition Among the First Australians and their Precursors?

印度尼西亚“霍比特人”(Homo Floresens)发现的流行为向更广泛的社区解释澳大拉西亚史前提供了一个理想的平台。这个项目通过比较现代人制作石器的不同方式，探索了现代人在印度尼西亚的到来，他们与“霍比特人”的互动，以及澳大利亚的殖民。尽管研究表明，我们人类的行为具有显著的一致性，但“霍比特人”与我们不同。当然，“美国”指的是现代人，因此这项研究具有全球意义。通过将“设计空间”模型应用于过去的工具制造，该项目将展示最早的技术趋势同样适用于世界各地的人类群体。

The popularity of the Indonesian 'hobbit' (Homo floresiensis) discovery provides an ideal platform for interpreting Australasian prehistory to a wider community. This project explores the arrival of modern humans in Indonesia, their interaction with 'hobbits', and the colonisation of Australia by comparing the different ways these hominins made stone tools. Although research indicates a significant level of behavioural unity in our genus, 'hobbits' were not like us. 'Us' refers, of course, to modern humans, and hence this research is of global relevance. By applying a 'design space' model to toolmaking in the past, this project will demonstrate that the earliest trends in technology apply equally to human groups throughout the world.