Stone tools in human evolution: behavioral differences among technological primates

In Stone Tools in Human Evolution, John J. Shea argues that over the last three million years hominins' technological strategies shifted from occasional tool use, much like that seen among living non-human primates, to a uniquely human pattern of obligatory tool use. Examining how the lithic ar...

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Main Author: Shea, John J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambbridge Cambridge University Press 2017
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Online Access:UBG01
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Summary:In Stone Tools in Human Evolution, John J. Shea argues that over the last three million years hominins' technological strategies shifted from occasional tool use, much like that seen among living non-human primates, to a uniquely human pattern of obligatory tool use. Examining how the lithic archaeological record changed over the course of human evolution, he compares tool use by living humans and non-human primates and predicts how the archaeological stone tool evidence should have changed as distinctively human behaviors evolved. Those behaviors include using cutting tools, logistical mobility (carrying things), language and symbolic artifacts, geographic dispersal and diaspora, and residential sedentism (living in the same place for prolonged periods). Shea then tests those predictions by analyzing the archaeological lithic record from 6,500 years ago to 3.5 million years ago
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Nov 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 236 pages) digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:9781316389355
DOI:10.1017/9781316389355

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