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Evolution of mind, brain, and culture / edited by Gary Hatfield and Holly Pittman.
Penn Museum Library GN281 .E8928 2013
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LIBRA GN281 .E8928 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Penn Museum international research conferences ; v. 5.
- Penn museum international research conferences ; volume 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human evolution.
- Brain--Evolution.
- Brain.
- Language and languages--Origin.
- Language and languages.
- Biological Evolution.
- Culture.
- Language.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biological Evolution.
- Brain.
- Culture.
- Language.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 476 pages : illustrated ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, [2013]
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture / Gary Hatfield Hatfield, Gary 1
- 2 When Did We Become Human? Evolutionary Perspectives on the Emergence of the Modern Human Mind, Brain, and Culture / Theodore G. Schurr Schurr, Theodore G. 45
- 3 What Genetics Can Tell Us about the Origins of the Modern Human Brain / Jody Hey Hey, Jody 91
- 4 The Primate Mind before Tools, Language, and Culture / Robert M. Seyfarth Seyfarth, Robert M., Dorothy L. Cheney Cheney, Dorothy L. 105
- 5 Functions of Premotor Cortices: From Motor Control to Social Cognition / Thierry Chaminade Chaminade, Thierry 123
- 6 The Origins of Human Cooperation from a Developmental and Comparative Perspective / Felix Warneken Warneken, Felix 149
- 7 Mimesis Theory Re-Examined, Twenty Years after the Fact / Merlin Donald Donald, Merlin 169
- 8 The Role of Cooperation in the Evolution of Protolanguage and Language / Peter Gärdenfors Gärdenfors, Peter 193
- 9 The Cathedral Model for the Evolution of Human Cognition / Steven Mithen Mithen, Steven 217
- 10 Cognition, Behavioral Modernity, and the Archaeological Record of the Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic / April Nowell Nowell, April 235
- 11 Rethinking Paleoanthropology: A World Queerer Than We Supposed / Peter J. Richerson Richerson, Peter J., Robert Boyd Boyd, Robert 263
- 12 Human Behavioral Ecology, Optimality, and Human Action / Kim Sterelny Sterelny, Kim 303
- 13 The Distinctively-Human Mind: The Many Pillars of Cumulative Culture / Peter Carruthers Carruthers, Peter 325
- 14 Human Culture Is More Than Memes and Transmission / Philip G. Chase Chase, Philip G. 347.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-464) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781934536490
- 1934536490
- OCLC:
- 823860671
- Publisher Number:
- 40022179681
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