Research Catalog

Title

Learning among Neanderthals and Palaeolithic modern humans : archaeological evidence / Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Olaf Jöris, editors.

Publication

• Singapore : Springer, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nishiaki, Yoshihiro
• Jöris, Olaf
• International Conference on Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans (2nd : 2014 : Hokkaido, Japan)

Description

x, 218 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 29 cm.

Series Statement

Replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans series, 2365-063X

Uniform Title

Replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans series.

Subjects

• Neanderthals
• Antiquities, Prehistoric
• Learning ability
• Paleolithic period
• Prehistoric peoples
• Social evolution

Note

• Based on papers presented at sessions of the Second International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans (RNMH2014). held November 30-December 6, 2014, in Hokkaido, Japan, with some off-site contributions. (Preface)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Learning behaviors among Neanderthals and Palaeolithic modern humans : an introduction / Yoshihiro Nishiaki and Olaf Jöris -- Part I. Cognitive backgrounds for learning. 2. Neural underpinnings of creative thinking and tool use : a meta-analysis of neuroimaging data / Naoki Miura, Yukako Sasaki, Kunihiro Hasegawa, and Hiroki C. Tanabe ; 3. The expert performance model of Neandertal cognition / Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge ; 4. Cognitive capacities of the Neanderthals / Marcel Otte -- Part II. Processes of Palaeolithic learning. 5. Mastering hammer use in stone knapping : an experiment / Yoshihiro Nishiaki ; 6. Evidence for Neanderthal hand preferences from the late Middle Palaeolithic site of Buhlen, Germany : insights into Neanderthal learning behaviour / Olaf Jöris and Natalie Uomini ; 7. Good and bad knappers among Neanderthals / Javier Baena, Irene Ortiz, and Concepción Torres ; 8. The apprentice core : evidence from a lithic refitting at the Upper Palaeolithic site Kyushirataki-5 in Hokkaido, northern Japan / Jun Takakura and Yasuo Naoe ; 9. Learning behavior of sanukite knapping among the Upper Palaeolithic communities of Suichoen, Japan / Shoji Takahashi and Yoshihiro Nishiaki ; 10. Strong differences between Neanderthals and AMHs cannot be inferred from ethnographic evidence for skill and learning in hunting / Katharine MacDonald -- Part III. Socio-cultural backgrounds for learning. 11. Marine shells from Tor Fawaz, southern Jordan, and their implications for behavioral changes from the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic in the Levant / Seiji Kadowaki, Taiji Kurozumi, and Donald O. Henry ; 12. Modeling learning strategies and the expansion of the social network in the beginning of Upper Palaeolithic Europe : analysis by agent-based simulation / Shiro Horiuchi and Jun Takakura ; 13. Transculturation versus acculturation : a clarification / Foni Le Brun-Ricalens ; 14. Ratchets and replacement : the potential role of cultural accumulation in the replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans / Michael Chazan.

Call Number

JFF 20-1163

ISBN

• 9811389799
• 9789811389795

OCLC

1101983809

Title

Learning among Neanderthals and Palaeolithic modern humans : archaeological evidence / Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Olaf Jöris, editors.

Publisher

Singapore : Springer, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans series, 2365-063X

Replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Nishiaki, Yoshihiro, editor.

Jöris, Olaf, editor.

International Conference on Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans (2nd : 2014 : Hokkaido, Japan)

Research Call Number

JFF 20-1163