Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 1 Cultural Perspectives /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Akazawa, Takeru (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Nishiaki, Yoshihiro (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Aoki, Kenichi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

This volume presents the first of two proceedings from the International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans, which took place in Tokyo in November 2012. Focussing on a highly innovative working hypothesis called the ‘learning hypothesis’, which attempts to explain the rep...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Neanderthals and Modern Humans across Eurasia
• Neanderthal-Modern Human Contact in Western Eurasia: Issues of Dating, Taxonomy, and Cultural Associations
• Issues of Chronological and Geographical Distributions of Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Cultural Variability in the Levant and Implications for the Learning Behavior of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens
• The Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition in Siberia: Three Regional Sketches for Replacement
• Cultural Transmission, Institutional Continuity and the Persistence of the Mousterian
• Cultural and Biological Transformations in the Middle Pleistocene Levant: A View from Qesem Cave, Israel
• Evolutionary Development of Learning and Teaching Strategies in Human Societies
• Using Lithic Refitting to Investigate the Skill Learning Process: Lessons from Upper Paleolithic Assemblages from the Shirataki Sites in Hokkaido, Northern Japan
• "Gifting" as a Means of Cultural Transmission: The Archaeological Implications of Bow-and-Arrow Technology in Papua New Guinea
• "Ekeloko": The Spirit to Create –Innovation and Social Learning among Aka Adolescents of the Central African Rainforest
• Determinants of Cultural Evolutionary Rates
• Exploring Cultural Niche Construction from the Paleolithic to Modern Hunter-Gatherers
• The Effects of Cross-Boundary Rituals on Cultural Innovation
• A Simulation Study on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans in Europe: Implications of Climate Change, Cultural Diversification, and the Shape of the Continent
• Cultural Evolution and Learning Strategies in Hominids
• A Mathematical Model of Cultural Interactions between Modern and Archaic Humans
• A Perspective on Evolutionary Models of Learning Strategies.