Stone tools and fossil bones : debates in the archaeology of human origins /
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| Imprint: | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
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| Description: | xiv, 362 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8775845 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Towards a scientific-realistic theory on the origin of human behavior Manuel
- Part I. On the Use of Analogy I: The Earliest Meat-Eaters
- 2. Conceptual premises in experimental design and their bearing on the use of analogy: a critical example from experiments on cut marks
- 3. The use of bone surface modifications to model hominid lifeways during the Oldowan
- 4. On early hominin meat-eating and carcass acquisition strategies: still relevant after all these years?
- 5. Meat-foraging by Pleistocene African hominins: tracking behavioral evolution beyond baseline inferences of early access to carcasses
- 6. Can we use chimpanzee behavior to model early hominin hunting?
- Part II. On the Use of Analogy II: The Earliest Stone Tool Makers
- 7. The origins of the Oldowan: why are chimpanzees (pan troglodytes) still good models for the technological evolution in Africa?
- 8. What does Oldowan technology represent in terms of hominin behavior?
- 9. Testing cognitive skills in early Pleistocene hominins: an analysis of the concepts of hierarchization and predetermination in the lithic assemblages of type section (Peninj, Tanzania)
- 10. The early Acheulean in Africa: past paradigms, current ideas, and future directions
