Early Evolution of Human Memory

Great Apes, Tool-making, and Cognition
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-64446-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3241 g

Provides a critique of received wisdom through a multidisciplinary consideration of empirical experiments, neuroscientific findings, and archeological records
Highlights the part played by the development of memory in the evolution of tool-making and tool-use by early humans, which it contrasts with the situation in great apes
Addresses the matter with critical analysis rather than comfortable self-fulfilling accommodative argument

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walker, Michael J.

Manrique, Héctor M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Primaten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Tool-Use by Great Apes in the Wild.- 2. Great Apes, Tools, and Cognition.- 3. Early Tool-Making and the Evolution of Human Memory Systems in the Brain.- 4. Concluding Remarks. 

Über Autor(innen)

Michael J. Walker is Honorific Emeritus Professor in the Department of Zoology & Physical Anthropology at University of Murcia, Spain
Héctor M. Manrique is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology & Sociology at University of Zaragoza, Spain