{"product_id":"humans-in-the-making-in-the-beginning-was-technique-hardback-9781786305848","title":"Humans in the Making; In the Beginning was Technique (Hardback) 9781786305848","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHumans in the Making\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIn the Beginning was Technique\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichel J. F. Dubois (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781786305848, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 December 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e1 x 1 x 1 cm, 0.454 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\"\u003eThe human specificity can be described by verticality\/bipedalism, technique use, articulated language, high cognitive capacities, complex society at three levels: body, mind, social. In this book, is proposed an evolutionary process that make better understand how such humanity could have emerged in the long time (more than 6 million years). The process is based on a very early necessity to use technic for surviving correlated with neoteny which impulsed a darwinian evolutionary process, with four distinguished punctuation described as neotenizations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1. Phylogenetics of the Emergence of Humans \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. The Long and Slow Emergence of Humans \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1. The difficulty of thinking about the beginning of the human being 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2. The current challenge of human construction 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Technique and Becoming Human \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1. A general definition of technique 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2. Awareness and use of techniques 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3. Technical posture in human phylogenesis 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Ethology: Technique and the Frog \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1. The Goliath frog: a technician frog 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2. Causes for the Goliath frog’s gigantic size 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. Neoteny: From Concept to Grand Narrative \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1. Sources of the concept of neoteny in biology 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2. Applying the concept of neoteny to the human being 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3. Appropriation of the concept of neo-neoteny by the humanities 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4. Neotenization: a “grand narrative” of the emergence of the human being 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. Issues of Neoteny and Technique \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1. A very old conception of human “disabilities” 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2. The equipped human and neotenic human: two unrelated concepts 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3. The philosophy of technique: a recent discipline 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. Neoteny and Fetal Consciousness \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1. Humans before birth 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2. Humanity of the baby at birth 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3. Ancient protection of the human baby at birth 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. Inversion of the Analysis: The Lamarckian Bias \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1. The ambiguous concept of adaptation 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2. The uselessness of adaptation with the concept of natural selection 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3. The use of a tool: a selective system 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4. From tool-based technique to body-based technique 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5. New evolutionary narratives 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8. Animal Behavior: Hermit Crabs and Their Shells \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1. The hermit crab: a strange crustacean 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2. The hermit crab: an oblivious technician? 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9. Prejudice About the Priority of Values \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1. The human sense of morality: an exception? 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2. Prioritizing cognitive ability in human characteristics 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3. Role of technique in the emergence of language 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10. The First Phase of the Hominization Process \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1. The conditions of access to humans through technique 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2. Verticality as the first pre-human technical experience 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3. The consequences of verticality 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11. Towards the Verticalization of the Genus \u003ci\u003eHomo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1. Aging of technical achievements 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2. Phylogenesis of characteristics and lineages 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3. From Australopithecus to the genus \u003ci\u003eHomo\u003c\/i\u003e: the selection of technicality 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12. Technical Evolution and Neoteny of the Genus \u003ci\u003eHomo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1. \u003ci\u003eHomo habilis\u003c\/i\u003e: a new bushy development? 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2. \u003ci\u003eHomo erectus\u003c\/i\u003e, the advent of a technical humanity 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3. \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e, the advent of inner life and the imaginary 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2. Technique and Human Ontology \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13. Technique as the Foundation of the Human Being \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1. A look back at stone-knapping: the contribution of neuroscience 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2. Explaining humans through technique: a conceptual error 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3. Mental exaptation as a norm of human development 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4. The relationship between bodily technique and tool technique 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5. Variability of technical capabilities 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14. The Domestication of the Wolf: A Decisive Advantage? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1. The oldest domestication 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2. The co-evolution of humans and dogs 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3. The strength of the association between humans and dogs 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15. Reforming Our Thinking About Humans? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1. The human characteristic: a search without a future? 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2. The major innovation in body techniques 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3. Technique and the game: a fundamental intertwining factor 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4. New accounts of the emergence of culture 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5. The influence of techniques on evolutionary processes 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6. The relationship between technical behavior and biological evolution 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.7. The selection of neoteny 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.8. Towards the human being: convergences and co-evolutions 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.9. \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e, a convergence of multiple capacities 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.10. The ultimate technical step towards the human: mental technique 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.11. The technical inscription of the mind 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.12. The construction of thought 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16. Emergence, Then Global Expansion \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1. Rapid global development 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2. Great linguistic diversification 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3. Co-evolution of cultures, languages and techniques 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.4. The anthropization of the planet 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 17. The Myth of the Golden Age \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.1. The Golden Age in ancient myths 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2. The Golden Age of modern thinkers 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.3. Believing in a golden age: a cognitive bias? 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 243\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Biology, life sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Biology, life sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Biology,%20life%20sciences%20%5BPS%5D%22\"\u003ePS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-ISTE","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52446749458712,"sku":"9781786305848","price":120.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781786305848.jpg?v=1785112761","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/humans-in-the-making-in-the-beginning-was-technique-hardback-9781786305848","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}