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Some Thoughts about the Evolution of Human Behavior: A Literature Survey (Paperback)
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Some Thoughts about the Evolution of Human Behavior: A Literature Survey (Paperback)
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On his death, Arthur Boucot (1924-2017) left an unfinished
manuscript in which he surveyed the skeletal, behavioural, and
cultural changes that have characterized Homo from its first
recognition in the Late Pliocene to the present. The subjects he
treated were as varied as the preparation of food for infants, the
length of intestines, hafting, plastering, use of flint and metals,
the domestication of grains and animals, and the prevalence of
parasitic diseases. His text repeatedly notes the difficulties
imposed by the enormous gaps in both fossil and archaeological
records. Boucot deduced a continuity in basic human behaviours from
the Oldowan and Acheulian into modern forms, and made a point of
including Neandertals and Denisovans. But he also pointed out that
morphological changes in successive species of Homo do not coincide
in time with major changes in lithic technologies. Boucot concluded
that a quantum evolutionary gap separates hominins from the great
apes: that members of our line were sapient and had been using
language long before they became sapiens. In his text he also
indicates his concern for changes to the environment wrought by
human activities. The results of this late-life effort, edited
after his death, provide a heavily referenced sourcebook for future
workers in diverse fields.
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