The Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution

Andrew Lock, Charles R. Peters (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

912 Seiten

1999
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-21690-2 (ISBN)

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Explanations and accounts of our own origins have become one of the popular of various areas in science. The discovery of fossils and artefact's has its own intrinsic interest. This volume is a reference work that sets out and evaluates the basic knowledge and theory relevant to these origins of these abilities.

Andrew Lock is Professor of Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand. Charles Peters is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Georgia.

Part I: Palaeoanthropology. 1. Photogallery of Fossil Skulls.

2. An Outline of Human Phylogeny. (Bernard Campbell).

3. Evolutionary Trees of Apes and Humans From DNA Sequences. (Peter J. Waddell and David Penny).

4. Evolution of The Human Brain. (Ralph Holloway).

5. Evolution of The Hand and Bipedality. (Mary Marzke).

Part II: Social and Socio-Cultural Systems.

6. Primate Communication, Lies, and Ideas. (Alison Jolly).

7. Social Relations, Human Ecology, and The Evolution of Culture: An Exploration of Concepts and Definitions. (Tim Ingold).

8. Social Relations, Communication, and Cognition. (Andrew Lock and Kim Symes).

9. On The Evolution of Human Socio-Cultural Patterns. (Randall White).

10. The Evolution of Tools and Symbolic Behaviour. (Thomas Wynn).

11. The Interpretation of European 'Palaeolithic Art': Magic, Mythogram, and Metaphors For Modernity. (Margaret Conkey).

12. Photogallery of Contemporary Hunter-Gatherer Art: A. Australian Aboriginal Art. B. South African Bushman Art.

Part III: Ontogeny and Symbolism.

13. The Role of Ontogenesis in Human Evolution and Development. (Chris Sinha).

14. The Ontogeny and Evolution of The Brain, Cognition, and Language. (Kathleen Gibson).

15. Early Interaction and Cognitive Skills: Implications For The Acquisition of Culture. (David Messer and Glyn Collis).

16. The Origins of Language and Thought in Early Childhood. (George Butterworth).

17. Theories of Symbolization and Development. (Chris Sinha).

18. Children's Drawings and The Evolution of Art. (J. Gavin Bremner).

Part IV: Language Systems.

19. Spoken Language and Sign Language. (Margaret Deuchar).

20. A History of The Study of Language Origins and The Gestural Primacy Hypothesis. (Gordon W. Hewes).

21. Cognitive Abilities in A Comparative Perspective. (Andrew Lock and Michael Colombo).

22. Animal Language and Cognition Projects. (Carolyn Ristau).

23. Symbols and Structures in Language Acquisition. (Carolyn Johnson, Henry Davis, and Marlys Macken).

24. The Reconstruction of The Evolution of Human Spoken Language. (Mary Lecron Foster).

25. Theoretical Stages in The Prehistory of Grammar. (Leonard Rolfe).

26. Social and Cognitive Factors in The Historical Elaboration of Writing. (David Barton and Mary Hamilton).

Part V: Epilogue.

27. Tempo and Mode of Change in The Evolution of Symbolism (Charles Peters).

Time Charts.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.10.1999
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	188 x 252 mm
Gewicht	2023 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-631-21690-1 / 0631216901
ISBN-13	978-0-631-21690-2 / 9780631216902
Zustand	Neuware