Landscape of the mind : human evolution and the archaeology of thought /

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John F. Hoffecker explores the origin and growth of the mind, drawing on information from the human fossil record, archaeology, and history. Hoffecker argues that, as an indirect result of bipedal locomotion, early humans developed a feedback relationship among their hands, brains, and tools, evolvi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoffecker, John F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Human evolution.
Brain > Evolution.
Thought and thinking.
Evolution (Biology)
Human information processing.
Social evolution.
Communication.
Biological Evolution
Mental Processes
Cultural Evolution
Communication
Thinking
Homme > Évolution.
Pensée.
Évolution (Biologie)
Traitement de l'information chez l'homme.
Évolution sociale.
thinking.
evolution.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:John F. Hoffecker explores the origin and growth of the mind, drawing on information from the human fossil record, archaeology, and history. Hoffecker argues that, as an indirect result of bipedal locomotion, early humans developed a feedback relationship among their hands, brains, and tools, evolving the capacity to externalize thoughts in the form of shaped stone objects. When anatomically modern humans evolved a parallel capacity to externalize thought as symbolic language, individual brains within social groups were integrated into a neocortical internet, or super-brain, thu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 259 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231518482
023151848X
9786613093967
6613093963

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