RafaelFajardo

Recently, Penny Spikins proposed an alternative theory that proposes that the beauty of hand axes, combined with the expertise to make them, was a signal of trustworthiness, and a costly gesture of goodwill to others. Lower paleolithic hominids, which collaborated extensively, for instance in large game hunting, required reliable partners willing to go the extra mile, and displaying their trustworthiness was one way of achieving this.