In the mind's eye : multidisciplinary approaches to the evolution of human cognition / edited by April Nowell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nowell, April, 1969-

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Series:

Archaeological series (Ann Arbor, Mich.) ; 13.

Archaeological series ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetic psychology.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

xiii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : International Monographs in Prehistory, [2001]

Summary:

The last decade has witnessed a sophistication and proliferation in the number of studies focused on the evolution of human cognition, reflecting a renewed interest in the evolution of the human mind in anthropology and in many other disciplines. The complexity and enormity of this topic requires the coordinated efforts of many researchers. This volume brings together the disciplines of palaeontology, psychology, anatomy, and primatology. Together, they address a number of issues, including the evolution of sex differences in spatial cognition, the role of archaeology in the cognitive sciences, the relationships between brain size, cranial reorganization and hominid cognition, and the role of language and information processing in human evolution.

Contents:

Part I Archaeology and Cognitive Science

1. The Role of Archaeology in Cognitive Science / Thomas Wynn 9

2. The Re-Emergence of Cognitive Archaeology / April Nowell 20

Part II On the Ground: Interpreting Material and Non-Material Artifacts

3. Memories out of Mind: The archaeology of the oldest memory systems / Francesco d'Errico 33

4. A Pragmatic View of the Emergence of Paleolithic Symbol Using / Martin Byers 50

5. Nonmaterial Artifacts: A Distributed Approach to Mind / Shirley Strum, Deborah Forster 63

Part III Paleoneurology

6. Archaeological Implications of Paleoneurology / Harry J. Jerison 83

7. Intellectual Surplusage: The Role of Bipedalism / Sean C. Hogan, Gordon G. Gallup, Jr. 97

8. Before or After the Split? Hominoid Brain Structures and the Evolution of the Human Mind / Katerina Semendeferi 107

Part IV Information Processing in Human Evolution

9. Multilevel Information Processing, Archaeology and Evolution / Philip Chase 121

10. Behavioral Response to Variable Pleistocene Landscapes / Richard Potts 137

11. The Fossil Evidence for the Evolution of Human Intelligence in Pleistocene Homo / Anne Weaver, Trenton W. Holliday, Christopher B. Ruff, Erik Trinkaus 154

Part V A Final Word: The Origins of Language

12. On the Neural Bases of Spoken Language / Philip Lieberman 172

13. Discovering the Symbolic Potential of Communicative Signs

The Origins of Speaking a Language / William Noble, Iain Davidson 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-200).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

ISBN:

1879621312

1879621304

OCLC:

47023376