{"product_id":"cognitive-archaeology-and-human-evolution-hardback-9780521769778","title":"Cognitive Archaeology and Human Evolution (Hardback) 9780521769778","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCognitive Archaeology and Human Evolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book uses evidence from empirical studies to understand conditions that led to the development of cognitive processes during evolution.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSophie A. de Beaune (Edited by), Frederick L. Coolidge (Edited by), Thomas Wynn (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521769778, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages, 17 b\/w illus.  2 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCognitive 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 beginning of hominization. They also consider the possibility of an active role of hominoids in their own development and query the impact of hominoid activity in the emergence of new cognitive abilities.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The emergence of cognitive abilities: the contribution of neuropsychology to archaeology Sophie A. de Beaune\u003cbr\u003e 2. Technical invention in the Paleolithic: what if the answer comes from the cognitive and neuropsychological sciences? Sophie A. de Beaune\u003cbr\u003e 3. Innovation and creativity: a neuropsychological perspective Andreas Kyriacou\u003cbr\u003e 4. The archaeology of consciousness Matt Rossano\u003cbr\u003e 5. Prehistoric handedness and prehistoric language Natalie Uomini\u003cbr\u003e 6. How to think a simple spear Miriam Haidle\u003cbr\u003e 7. Long-term memory and middle Pleistocene 'mysterians' Michael J. Walker\u003cbr\u003e 8. The quest for a common semantics: observations on definitional criteria of cognitive processes in prehistory Carolina Maestro and Carmine Collina\u003cbr\u003e 9. Cognition and the emergence of language: a contribution from lithic technology Jacques Pelegrin\u003cbr\u003e 10. Language and the origin of symbolic thought Ian Tattersall\u003cbr\u003e 11. Implications of a strict standard for recognizing modern cognition in the Paleolithic Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge\u003cbr\u003e 12. Imagination and recursion: issues in the emergence of language Eric Reuland\u003cbr\u003e 13. Whither evolutionary cognitive archaeology? Thomas Wynn.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Palaeontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Palaeontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Palaeontology%20%5BRBX%5D%22\"\u003eRBX\u003c\/a\u003e], Prehistoric archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Prehistoric archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Prehistoric%20archaeology%20%5BHDDA%5D%22\"\u003eHDDA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005794898200,"sku":"9780521769778","price":48.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521746113_1cc719c4-221c-4014-8667-9975fd731cf1.jpg?v=1691367749","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cognitive-archaeology-and-human-evolution-hardback-9780521769778","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}