Think like a Neandertal

Zusatztext What it would be like to encounter a Homo Neanderthalensis, dressed in modern garb, waiting for a bus. Would he or she be noticeably different from modern humans? This fascinating book takes the reader quite a long way toward an answer to that seemingly unanswerable question. Informationen zum Autor Thomas Wynn is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs.Frederick L. Coolidge is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. Wynn and Coolidge are co-authors of The Rise of Homo sapiens: The Evolution of Modern Thinking and co-editors (with Sophie A. de Beaune) of Cognitive Archaeology and Human Evolution. Klappentext In this book, the authors provide a fascinating narrative of the mental life of Neandertals, to the extent that it can be reconstructed from fossil and archaeological remains. Zusammenfassung In this book, the authors provide a fascinating narrative of the mental life of Neandertals, to the extent that it can be reconstructed from fossil and archaeological remains. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Chapter 1 - True Grit Chapter 2 - The Caveman Diet Chapter 3 - Zen and the Art of Spear Making Chapter 4 - A Focus on Family Chapter 5 - It's Symbolic... Chapter 6 - Speaking of Tongues Chapter 7 - A Neandertal walked into a bar... Chapter 8 - Neandertal Dreaming Chapter 9 - Neandertal Personality Chapter 10 - Thinking Like a Neandertal

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Coolidge, Frederick L. Coolidge, Coolidge Frederick L., Thomas Wynn, Wynn Thomas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2012
• EAN: 9780199742820
• ISBN: 978-0-19-974282-0
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); popular science, prehistory, Anthropology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Human biology, Prehistoric archaeology, Medical Anthropology