“…Examples of formal bone tool production in Africa come mostly from coastal or near-coastal South African Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites, including Blombos Cave, (d' Errico and Henshilwood, 2007;Henshilwood et al, 2001), Klasies River (d' Errico and Henshilwood, 2007), Sibudu Cave (Backwell et al, 2008;d'Errico et al, 2012a), and Border Cave (Backwell et al, 2008;d'Errico et al, 2012a). A point tip, a mesial fragment, an almost complete spear point, a tanged bone point and 26 awls are reported from M1 and M2 layers at Blombos Cave, with ages of~84e72 ka (Henshilwood et al, 2001).…”