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Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 1 Cultural Perspectives /

This volume presents the first of two proceedings from the International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans, which took place in Tokyo in November 2012. Focussing on a highly innovative working hypothesis called the Ớ<U+00dc>learning hypothesisỚ", which attem...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Akazawa, Takeru. (Editor), Nishiaki, Yoshihiro. (Editor), Aoki, Kenichi. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series
Subjects:
Social sciences.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Anthropology.
Archaeology.
Social Sciences.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Neanderthals and Modern Humans across Eurasia
  • Neanderthal-Modern Human Contact in Western Eurasia: Issues of Dating, Taxonomy, and Cultural Associations
  • Issues of Chronological and Geographical Distributions of Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Cultural Variability in the Levant and Implications for the Learning Behavior of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens
  • The Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition in Siberia: Three Regional Sketches for Replacement
  • Cultural Transmission, Institutional Continuity and the Persistence of the Mousterian
  • Cultural and Biological Transformations in the Middle Pleistocene Levant: A View from Qesem Cave, Israel
  • Evolutionary Development of Learning and Teaching Strategies in Human Societies
  • Using Lithic Refitting to Investigate the Skill Learning Process: Lessons from Upper Paleolithic Assemblages from the Shirataki Sites in Hokkaido, Northern Japan
  • "Gifting" as a Means of Cultural Transmission: The Archaeological Implications of Bow-and-Arrow Technology in Papua New Guinea
  • "Ekeloko": The Spirit to Create Ớ<U+001c>Innovation and Social Learning among Aka Adolescents of the Central African Rainforest
  • Determinants of Cultural Evolutionary Rates
  • Exploring Cultural Niche Construction from the Paleolithic to Modern Hunter-Gatherers
  • The Effects of Cross-Boundary Rituals on Cultural Innovation
  • A Simulation Study on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans in Europe: Implications of Climate Change, Cultural Diversification, and the Shape of the Continent
  • Cultural Evolution and Learning Strategies in Hominids
  • A Mathematical Model of Cultural Interactions between Modern and Archaic Humans
  • A Perspective on Evolutionary Models of Learning Strategies.

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