The Emergence of Culture The Evolution of a Uniquely Human Way of Life /

• Main Author: Chase, Philip G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.

Paleolithic archaeologists and human paleontologists have failed to address the origins of a phenomenon that is both absolutely central to the human way of life and unique to our species. In all species of mammals, there are codes (rules, concepts, values, etc.) that govern behavior. Among humans, a...

Table of Contents:

• How is human culture different?
• Why does culture exist?
• The origins of socially constructed coding
• The elaboration of culture
• Conclusion.