Human Evolution and Prehistory
Author: Robert Wall
Publisher:
Published: 2019-01-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781524929145
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Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory
Author: Steven Mithen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-08-10
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1134720130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book examines how our understanding of human creativity can be extended by exploring this phenomenon during human evolution and prehistory.
Human Evolution and Prehistory
Author: William A. Haviland
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780155035799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text is intended for the introductory courses that concentrate on physical anthropology and prehistoric archaeology. This book offers a comprehensive and balanced presentation on views of the human evolution and prehistory. It focuses on selected aspects of physical anthropology and prehistoric archaeology as they relate to the origin of humanity, the origin of culture, and the development of human biological and cultural diversity.
Human Paleontology and Prehistory
Author: Assaf Marom
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-01-24
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 3319466461
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe aim of the book is to present original and though-provoking essays in human paleontology and prehistory, which are at the forefront of human evolutionary research, in honor of Professor Yoel Rak (a leading scholar in paleoanthropology). The volume presents a collection of original papers contributed by many of Yoel's friends and colleagues from all over the globe. Contributions from experts around the globe fall roughly into three broad categories: Reflections on some of the broad theoretical questions of evolution, and especially about human evolution; the early hominins, with special emphasis on Australopithecus afarensis and Paranthropus; and the Neanderthals, that contentious group of our closest extinct relatives. Within and across these categories, nearly every paper addresses combinations of methodological, analytical and theoretical questions that are pertinent to the whole human evolutionary time span. This book will appeal most to scholars and advanced students in paleoanthropology, human paleontology and prehistoric archaeology.
The Prehistory of Music
Author: Iain Morley
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2013-10-24
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 019150209X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMusic is possessed by all human cultures, and archaeological evidence for musical activities pre-dates even the earliest known cave art. Music has been the subject of keen investigation across a great diversity of fields, from neuroscience and psychology to ethnography, archaeology, and its own dedicated field, musicology. Despite the great contributions that these studies have made towards understanding musical behaviours, much remains mysterious about this ubiquitous human phenomenon—not least, its origins. In a ground-breaking study, this volume brings together evidence from these fields, and more, in investigating the evolutionary origins of our musical abilities, the nature of music, and the earliest archaeological evidence for musical activities amongst our ancestors. Seeking to understand the true relationship between our unique musical capabilities and the development of the remarkable social, emotional, and communicative abilities of our species, it will be essential reading for anyone interested in music and human physical and cultural evolution.
Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory
Author: Steven Mithen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-08-10
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 1134720122
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe live in a world surrounded by remarkable cultural achievements of human kind. Almost every day we hear of new innovations in technology, in medicine and in the arts which remind us that humans are capable of remarkable creativity. But what is human creativity? The modern world provides a tiny fraction of cultural diversity and the evidence for human creativity, far more can be seen by looking back into prehistory. The book examines how our understanding of human creativity can be extended by exploring this phenomenon during human evolution and prehistory. The book offers unique perspectives on the nature of human creativity from archaeologists who are concerned with long term patterns of cultural change and have access to quite different types of human behaviour than that which exists today. It asks whether humans are the only creative species, or whether our extinct relatives such as Homo habilis and the Neanderthals also displayed creative thinking. It explores what we can learn about the nature of human creativity from cultural developments during prehistory, such as changes in the manner in which the dead were buried, monuments constructed, and the natural world exploited. In doing so, new light is thrown on these cultural developments and the behaviour of our prehistoric ancestors. By examining the nature of creativity during human evolution and prehistory these archaeologists, supported by contributions from psychology, computer science and social anthropology, show that human creativity is a far more diverse and complex phenomena than simply flashes of genius by isolated individuals. Indeed they show that unless perspectives from prehistory are taken into account, our understanding of human creativity will be limited and incomplete.
Human Evolution and Prehistory
Author: Havilan
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780155067295
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEncyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory
Author: Eric Delson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-11-23
Total Pages: 780
ISBN-13: 1135582289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPraise for the first edition: "The most up-to-date and wide-ranging encyclopedia work on human evolution available."--American Reference Books Annual "For student, researcher, and teacher...the most complete source of basic information on the subject."--Nature "A comprehensive and authoritative source, filling a unique niche...essential to academic libraries...important for large public libraries." --Booklist/RBB
Human Evolution and Prehistory - EBook
Author: Robert Wall
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Published: 1753
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ISBN-13: 9781465290199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCulture History and Convergent Evolution
Author: Huw S. Groucutt
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-07-23
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 3030461262
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume brings together diverse contributions from leading archaeologists and paleoanthropologists, covering various spatial and temporal periods to distinguish convergent evolution from cultural transmission in order to see if we can discover ancient human populations. With a focus on lithic technology, the book analyzes ancient materials and cultures to systematically explore the theoretical and physical aspects of culture, convergence, and populations in human evolution and prehistory. The book will be of interest to academics, students and researchers in archaeology, paleoanthropology, genetics, and paleontology. The book begins by addressing early prehistory, discussing the convergent evolution of behaviors and the diverse ecological conditions driving the success of different evolutionary paths. Chapters discuss these topics and technology in the context of the Lower Paleolithic/Earlier Stone age and Middle Paleolithic/Middle Stone Age. The book then moves towards a focus on the prehistory of our species over the last 40,000 years. Topics covered include the human evolutionary and dispersal consequences of the Middle-Upper Paleolithic Transition in Western Eurasia. Readers will also learn about the cultural convergences, and divergences, that occurred during the Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene, such as the budding of human societies in the Americas. The book concludes by integrating these various perspectives and theories, and explores different methods of analysis to link technological developments and cultural convergence.
