In the Mind's Eye: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Evolution of Human Cognition

Published by Berghahn Books 2001

In the Mind's Eye

Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Evolution of Human Cognition

Edited by:   April Nowell

Volume 13 in the series International Monographs in Prehistory: Archaeological Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789201697

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About this book

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.

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  April Nowell is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at University of Victoria. She holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	iv
Forward: The Archaeology of Intelligence Phillip V. Tobias Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction April Nowell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Archaeology and Cognitive Science
1. The Role of Archaeology in Cognitive Science Thomas Wynn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. The Re-Emergence of Cognitive Archaeology April Nowell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Part II: On the Ground: Interpreting Material and Non-Material Artifacts
3. Memories Out of Mind: The Archaeology of the Oldest Artificial Memory Systems Francesco d’ Errico Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4. A Pragmatic View of the Emergence of Paleolithic Symbol-Using A. Martin Byers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
5. Nonmaterial Artifacts: Retelling the Natural History of Artifacts and Mind Shirley C. Strum and Deborah Forster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Part III: Paleoneurology
6. Archaeological Implications of Paleoneurology Harry J. Jerison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
7. Intellectual Surplusage: The Role of Bipedalism and Neonatal Head Trauma Sean C. Hogan and Gordon G. Gallup Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
8. Before or After the Split? Hominid Neural Specializations Katerina Semendeferi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Part IV: Information Processing in Human Evolution
9. Multilevel Information Processing, Archaeology, and Evolution Philip G. Chase Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
10. Behavioral Response to Variable Pleistocene Landscapes Richard Potts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
11. The Fossil Evidence for the Evolution of Human Intelligences in Pleistocene Homo Anne H. Weaver, Trenton W. Holliday, Christopher B. Ruff and Erik Trinkaus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Part V: A Final Word: The Origins of Language
12. On the Neural Bases of Spoken Language Philip Lieberman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
13. Discovering the Symbolic Potential of Communicative Signs: The Origins of Speaking a Language William Noble and Iain Davidson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 200
Keywords: Palaeontology; Palaeontology Psychology; Anatomy; Evolution of Sex Differences in Spatial Cognition; Language and Information Processing in Human Evolution

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Published: January 1, 2001
ISBN: 9781789201697