Learning Strategies and Cultural Evolution during the Palaeolithic (Hardcover, Softcover Reprint Of The Original 1st Ed. 2015)

This volume is motivated by the desire to explain why Neanderthals were replaced by modern humans, in terms of cultural differences between the two (sub-) species. It provides up-to-date coverage on the theory of cultural evolution as is being used by anthropologists, archaeologists, biologists and psychologists to decipher hominin cultural change and diversity during the Palaeolithic. The contributing authors are directly involved in this effort and the material presented includes novel approaches and findings. Chapters explain how learning strategies in combination with social and demographic factors (e.g., population size and mobility patterns) predict cultural evolution in a world without the printing press, television or the Internet. Also addressed is the inverse problem of how learning strategies may be inferred from actual trajectories of cultural change, for example as seen in the North American Palaeolithic. Mathematics and statistics, a sometimes necessary part of theory, are explained in elementary terms where they appear, with details relegated to appendices. Full citations of the relevant literature will help the reader to further pursue any topic of interest.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag,Japan
Country of origin:	Japan
Series:	Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series
Release date:	May 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Alex Mesoudi • Kenichi Aoki
Dimensions:	279 x 210 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	169
Edition:	Softcover Reprint Of The Original 1st Ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-4-431-55362-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > Early man
LSN:	4-431-55362-2
Barcode:	9784431553625

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