Transitions Before the Transition
Evolution and Stability in the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age
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Beschreibung
Modern human origins and the fate of the Neanderthals are arguably the most compelling and contentious arenas in paleoanthropology. This book assembles researchers working in Eurasia and Africa to discuss the archaeological record of the Middle Paleolithic and the Middle Stone Age. Contributions query and challenge some current notions about the tempo and mode of cultural evolution, and about the processes that underlie the emergence of modern behavior. Coming to diverse conclusions, the papers in this volume open up new avenues to thinking about this crucial interval in human evolutionary history.
The first book to bring together the three main questions regarding modern human origins: how different are we from our ancestors in the Paleolithc/Stone Age, how "difficult" was the transition, and did it occur quickly or gradually Assembles reseachers from Eurasia and Africa to discuss what was happening in the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age prior or during the appearance of anatomically modern humans Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Erella Hovers
Themen in »Transitions Before the Transition«
Evolution Homo sapiens Middle Paleolithic Middle Stone Age Stone Age cultural evolution neanderthal paleoanthropology paleolithic paleolithic archaeology