Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory
Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory

Author: Steven Mithen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-08-10

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1134720130

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The book examines how our understanding of human creativity can be extended by exploring this phenomenon during human evolution and prehistory.

Human Evolution and Prehistory
Human Evolution and Prehistory

Author: William A. Haviland

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780155035799

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This 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.

Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory
Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory

Author: Eric Delson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-11-23

Total Pages: 780

ISBN-13: 1135582289

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Praise 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

The Prehistory of Music
The Prehistory of Music

Author: Iain Morley

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-10-24

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 019150209X

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Music 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.

Human Paleontology and Prehistory
Human Paleontology and Prehistory

Author: Assaf Marom

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-01-24

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 3319466461

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The 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.