title: Introduction du volume : « La percussion lancée au Paléolithique : identification de son usage, types d’outils associés et étendue chronologique »
abstract: The following article presents a summary of the research undertaken on percussion tools in the ­Palaeolithic. It reports on current work, presented during the XVIIIth Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques (UISPP) World Congress (Paris, 2018). Finally, possible research topics are proposed and the importance of this gesture record in human evolution is emphasized.
journal: Comptes Rendus Palevol