The smart Neanderthal : bird catching, cave art & the cognitive revolution /

Since the late 1980s the dominant theory of human origins has been that a 'cognitive revolution' (C.50,000 years ago) led to the advent of our species, Homo sapiens. As a result of this revolution our species spread and eventually replaced all existing archaic Homo species, ultimately lead...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Finlayson, Clive, 1955- (Awdur)
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Rhifyn:First edition.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2028713
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Nana and flint
  • Neanderthals and birds
  • Lessons from the Arctic
  • The long-tailed duck
  • The white ghost
  • Gibraltar
  • The dynamic world of dunes
  • Lakes and plains
  • The great auk
  • Big eyes
  • Digging in the cave
  • Neanderthal real estate
  • Of seals and limpets
  • Birds of a feather
  • The golden eagle
  • Ambushing the scavengers
  • The big six
  • How to skin a vulture
  • Pigeons and choughs
  • Feeding the vultures
  • The hashtag and the end of the long road to Neanderthal emancipation
  • Appendix 1: Bird species cited in the text
  • Appendix 2: Mammal species cited in the text.