The Rise of Homo Sapiens

The Evolution of Modern Thinking

Frederick L. Coolidge, Thomas Wynn (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2009
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) (Verlag)
978-1-4051-5253-2 (ISBN)

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The Rise of Homo Sapiens: The Evolution of Human Thinking presents a provocative theory about the evolution of the modern mind based on archaeological evidence and the working memory model of experimental psychologist Alan Baddeley. A unique introduction and primer into the new discipline of cognitive archaeology Introduces scientists and college students (at all levels) to the fascinating interface between the worlds of archaeology and cognitive science

Frederick L. Coolidge is Professor of Psychology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Along with Tomas Wynn he has pubished articles in American Scientist , Current Anthropology , Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Journal of Human Evolution , and many others. Thomas Wynn is Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado.

1. Introduction. 2. The Brain. 3. Working Memory. 4. Brain Evolution. 5. Primates. 6. Early Hominins. 7. Homo erectus. 8. The First Major Leap in Cognition: The Tree-to-Ground Sleep Transition. 9. Homo heidelbergensis and the Beginnings of Modern Thinking. 10. The Rise and Fall of Neandertal. 11. The Second Major Leap in Cognition: Enhanced Working Memory and the Evolution of Modern Thinking. Glossary. References

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.3.2009
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Chicester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 239 mm
Gewicht	620 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
ISBN-10	1-4051-5253-2 / 1405152532
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-5253-2 / 9781405152532
Zustand	Neuware