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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Édition: | First edition. |
| Accès en ligne: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2028713 |
Table des matières:
- 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.