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Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity, Volume 16 (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R4,108
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Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity, Volume 16 (Hardcover, New): Scott Elias

Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity, Volume 16 (Hardcover, New)

Scott Elias

Series: Developments in Quaternary Science

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Innovation and creativity are two of the key characteristics that distinguish cultural transmission from biological transmission. This book explores a number of questions concerning the nature and timing of the origins of human creativity. What were the driving factors in the development of new technologies? What caused the stasis in stone tool technological innovation in the Early Pleistocene? Were there specific regions and episodes of enhanced technological development, or did it occur at a steady pace where ancestral humans lived? The authors are archaeologists who address these questions, armed with data from ancient artefacts such as shell beads used as jewelry, primitive musical instruments, and sophisticated techniques required to fashion certain kinds of stone into tools.

Providing state of art discussions that step back from the usual archaeological publications that focus mainly on individual site discoveries, this book presents the full picture on how and why creativity in Middle to Late Pleistocene archeology/anthropology evolved.
Gives a full, original and multidisciplinary perspective on how and why creativity evolved in the Middle to Late PleistoceneEnhances our understanding of the big leaps forward in creativity at certain timesAssesses the intellectual creativity of "Homo erectus, H. neanderthalensis," and "H. sapiens" via their artefacts"

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Imprint: Elsevier Science Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Developments in Quaternary Science
Release date: July 2012
First published: 2012
Authors: Scott Elias
Dimensions: 276 x 216 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 140
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-53821-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
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LSN: 0-444-53821-6
Barcode: 9780444538215

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