In the Mind's Eye: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Evolution of Human Cognition: 13 (Archaeological Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1879621304 ISBN 13: 9781879621305

Publisher: International Monographs in Prehistory, 2001

Synopsis

The last decade has witnessed a sophistication and proliferation in the number of studies focused on the evolution of human cognition, reflecting a renewed interest in the evolution of the human mind in anthropology and in many other disciplines such as cognitive ethnology and evolutionary psychology. The complexity and enormity of this topic is such that it requires the coordinated efforts of many researchers. This volume brings together the disciplines of palaeontology, psychology, anatomy, and primatology. Together they address a number of issues, including the evolution of sex differences in spatial cognition, the role of archaeology in the cognitive sciences, the relationships between brain size, cranial reorganization and hominid cognition, and the role of language and information processing in human evolution. Contributors include: A Martin Byers, Philip Chase, Iain Davidson, Francesco d'Errico, Deborah Forster, Gordon G Gallup Jr, Sean C Hoga, Trenton W Holliday, Harry Jerison, Philip Lieberman, William Noble, April Nowell, Richard Potts, Christopher B Ruff, Katerina Semendeferi, Shirley C Strum, Phillip Tobias, Erik Trinkaus, Anne H Weaver, and Thomas Wynn.

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About the Author

April Nowell is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at University of Victoria. She holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.

Edition details

• Publisher: International Monographs in Prehistory
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1879621304
• ISBN 13: 9781879621305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Nowell April