Origins of Human Behaviour

Informationen zum Autor Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Klappentext This volume explores the diverse ways in which the evolution of human behaviour can be investigated, and confronts the most challenging aspects of the subject. Zusammenfassung An examination of the evolution of human behaviour from the viewpoints of anthropology, archaeology, biology, and technology. It focuses on the problems of trying to understand the long-term evolution of human behaviour and the patterns observable in the fossil and archaeological record. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: investigating the origins of human behaviour, R.A. Foley; Chapter 1 Chimpanzee material culture: what are its limits and why?, W.C. McGrew; Chapter 2 How useful is the culture concept in early hominid studies?, R.A. Foley; Chapter 3 The significance of modern hunter-gatherers in the study of early hominid behaviour, Francis B. Musonda; Chapter 4 Archaeological evidence for modern intelligence, Thomas Wynn; Chapter 5 The invention of computationally plausible knowledge systems in the Upper Palaeolithic, Sheldon Klein; Chapter 6 An interactive growth model applied to the expansion of Upper Palaeolithic populations, Ezra B.W. Zubrow; Chapter 7 Aboriginal fossil hominids: evolution and migrations, Phillip J. Habgood;

Product details

• Authors: Robert Foley, Robert Etc. Foley, FOLEY ROBERT ETC
• Assisted by: R. A. Foley (Editor), Robert Foley (Editor), Foley Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.1990
• EAN: 9780044450153
• ISBN: 978-0-04-445015-3
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: One World Archaeology (Hardcov; One World Archaeology; One World Archaeology (Hardcov
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Humanbiologie, Paläontologie, Entwicklungsbiologie, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Archaeology, Social and cultural anthropology, Society and culture: general