How to think like a Neandertal / by Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wynn, Thomas.

Contributor:

Coolidge, Frederick L. (Frederick Lawrence), 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neanderthals.

Social archaeology.

Ethnopsychology.

Cognition and culture.

Human evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There have been many books, movies, and even TV commercials featuring Neandertals--some serious, some comical. But what was it really like to be a Neandertal? How were their lives similar to or different from ours? In How to Think Like a Neandertal, archaeologist Thomas Wynn and psychologist Frederick L. Coolidge team up to provide a brilliant account of the mental life of Neandertals, drawing on the most recent fossil and archaeological remains. Indeed, some Neandertal remains are not fossilized, allowing scientists to recover samples of their genes--one specimen had the gene for red hair and

Contents:

Cover; Contents; 1. True Grit; 2. The Caveman Diet; 3. Zen and the Art of Spear Making; 4. A Focus on Family; 5. It's Symbolic; 6. Speaking of Tongues; 7. A Neandertal Walked into a Bar . . .; 8. To Sleep, Perchance to Dream; 9. You've Got Personality; 10. Thinking Like a Neandertal; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-991233-5

1-283-34910-8

9786613349101

0-19-987663-0

OCLC:

762325139