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Cognitive Archaeology and Human Evolution
Sophie de Beaune
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Description for Cognitive Archaeology and Human Evolution
Paperback. This book uses evidence from empirical studies to understand conditions that led to the development of cognitive processes during evolution. Editor(s): Beaune, Sophie A. de; Coolidge, Frederick L.; Wynn, Thomas. Num Pages: 200 pages, 17 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAG; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 302.
Cognitive Archaeology and Human Evolution presented new directions in the study of cognitive archaeology. Seeking to understand the conditions that led to the development of a variety of cognitive processes during evolution, it uses evidence from empirical studies and offers theoretical speculations about the evolution of modern thinking as well. The twelve essays, written by an international team of scholars, represent an eclectic array of interests, methods, and theories about evolutionary cognitive archaeology. Collectively, they consider whether the processes in the development of human cognition simply made a better use of anatomical and cerebral structures already in place at the ... Read more
Cognitive Archaeology and Human Evolution presented new directions in the study of cognitive archaeology. Seeking to understand the conditions that led to the development of a variety of cognitive processes during evolution, it uses evidence from empirical studies and offers theoretical speculations about the evolution of modern thinking as well. The twelve essays, written by an international team of scholars, represent an eclectic array of interests, methods, and theories about evolutionary cognitive archaeology. Collectively, they consider whether the processes in the development of human cognition simply made a better use of anatomical and cerebral structures already in place at the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521746113
SKU
V9780521746113
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About Sophie de Beaune
Sophie A. de Beaune is Professor of Prehistory at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 and researcher at CNRS in France. The author of eight books, most recently L'Homme et l'Outil: L'Invention technique durant la Préhistoire, she is also director of a book series entitled 'Le passé recomposé' at CNRS Editions. Frederick L. Coolidge is Professor of Psychology at the University ... Read more
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