Human thinking (Introduction)
When we started being really inventive is not known. Cave art, burial rites, weaponry, jewelry are all studied items. Now 71,000 year old arrowheads are adding to the puzzle:-http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/11/07/oldest-arrowheads-hint-at-how-modern-humans-overtook-neandertals/?WT_mc_id=SA_DD_20121108-WSJ thorough article:-http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323894704578105004000070778.html?KEYWORDS=Gautam+Naik-We had a big brain long before, about 200,000 years ago. Apparently we had to learn to use it.
Human thinking; spear tips
Adding to the arrow heads, now spear tips from 500,000 years ago:-http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/11/15/human-ancestors-made-deadly-stone-tipped-spears-500000-years-ago/
Human thinking; spear tips
More evidence of southern African cultural development:-http://phys.org/news/2012-12-africa-homo-sapiens-techies.html