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37%OFFTerashima - Social Learning and Innovation in Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers: Evolutionary and Ethnographic Perspectives (Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series) - 9784431559955 - V9784431559955
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Social Learning and Innovation in Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers: Evolutionary and Ethnographic Perspectives (Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series)

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Description for Social Learning and Innovation in Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers: Evolutionary and Ethnographic Perspectives (Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series) Hardcover. Editor(s): Terashima, Hideaki; Hewlett, Barry S. Series: Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 57 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JHM; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 288 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1126.

This is the first book to examine social learning and innovation in hunter–gatherers from around the world. More is known about social learning in chimpanzees and nonhuman primates than is known about social learning in hunter–gatherers, a way of life that characterized most of human history. The book describes diverse patterns of learning and teaching behaviors in contemporary hunter–gatherers from the perspectives of cultural anthropology, ecological anthropology, biological anthropology, and developmental psychology. The book addresses several theoretical issues including the learning hypothesis which suggests that the fate of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals in the last glacial period might have been ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Tokyo, Japan
ISBN
9784431559955
SKU
V9784431559955
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