The Origins of Human Behaviour
1st Edition
Published on 23. December 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-415-75491-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume explores the diverse ways in which the evolution of human behaviour can be investigated, and confronts the most challenging aspects of the subject.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
225 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-75491-0 (9780415754910)
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Robert Foley
The Origins of Human Behaviour
E-Book
09/2003
1st Edition
Routledge
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Robert Foley
The Origins of Human Behaviour
E-Book
09/2003
1st Edition
Routledge
€31.49
Available for download
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Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
Content
Introduction: investigating the origins of human behaviour, R.A. Foley; Chapter 1 Chimpanzee material culture: what are its limits and why?, W.C. McGrew; Chapter 2 How useful is the culture concept in early hominid studies?, R.A. Foley; Chapter 3 The significance of modern hunter-gatherers in the study of early hominid behaviour, Francis B. Musonda; Chapter 4 Archaeological evidence for modern intelligence, Thomas Wynn; Chapter 5 The invention of computationally plausible knowledge systems in the Upper Palaeolithic, Sheldon Klein; Chapter 6 An interactive growth model applied to the expansion of Upper Palaeolithic populations, Ezra B.W. Zubrow; Chapter 7 Aboriginal fossil hominids: evolution and migrations, Phillip J. Habgood;