Observation of stone tools alone did not enable participants to identify a technique with which they were unfamiliar--despite extensive knapping experience and knowledge.
Practical experience of a technique seemed to be required to identify it on artefacts.
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Results suggest that direct contact between palaeolithic groups was likely required for the transmission of novel knapping techniques.
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To what extent may reverse-engineering have enabled the transmission of novel stone tool techniques between palaeolithic groups?
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