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Excavations (Archaeology) --- Paleolithic period --- Tools, Prehistoric --- Qafzeh Cave (Israel) --- Antiquities.

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The aim of the book is to present original and though-provoking essays in human paleontology and prehistory, which are at the forefront of human evolutionary research, in honor of Professor Yoel Rak (a leading scholar in paleoanthropology). The volume presents a collection of original papers contributed by many of Yoel's friends and colleagues from all over the globe. Contributions from experts around the globe fall roughly into three broad categories: Reflections on some of the broad theoretical questions of evolution, and especially about human evolution; the early hominins, with special emphasis on Australopithecus afarensis and Paranthropus; and the Neanderthals, that contentious group of our closest extinct relatives. Within and across these categories, nearly every paper addresses combinations of methodological, analytical and theoretical questions that are pertinent to the whole human evolutionary time span. This book will appeal most to scholars and advanced students in paleoanthropology, human paleontology and prehistoric archaeology.

Paleoanthropology. --- Human paleontology --- Social sciences. --- Culture --- History. --- Paleontology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- Social Sciences. --- History, general. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Study and teaching. --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Human beings --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Annals --- Cultural studies --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Anthropology, Prehistoric --- Paleontology --- Physical anthropology --- Fossil hominids --- Paleontology . --- Evolution (Biology). --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Fossil hominids. --- Human evolution. --- Evolution (Biology) --- Evolutionary psychology --- Early man --- Fossil hominins --- Fossil man --- Hominids, Fossil --- Hominins, Fossil --- Human fossils --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Primates, Fossil --- Paleoanthropology --- Origin --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

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Modern human origins and the fate of the Neanderthals are arguably the most compelling and contentious arenas in paleoanthropology. The much-discussed split between advocates of a single, early emergence of anatomically modern humans in sub-Saharan Africa and supporters of various regional continuity positions is only part of the picture. Equally if not more important are questions surrounding the origins of modern behavior, and the relationships between anatomical and behavioral changes that occurred during the past 200,000 years. Although modern humans as a species may be defined in terms of their skeletal anatomy, it is their behavior, and the social and cognitive structures that support that behavior, which most clearly distinguish Homo sapiens from earlier forms of humans. This book assembles researchers working in Eurasia and Africa to discuss the archaeological record of the Middle Paleolithic and the Middle Stone Age. This is a time period when Homo sapiens last shared the world with other species, and during which patterns of behavior characteristic of modern humans developed and coalesced. Contributions to this volume query and challenge some current notions about the tempo and mode of cultural evolution, and about the processes that underlie the emergence of modern behavior. The papers focus on several fundamental questions. Do typical elements of "modern human behavior" appear suddenly, or are there earlier archaeological precursors of them? Are the archaeological records of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age unchanging and monotonous, or are there detectable evolutionary trends within these periods? Coming to diverse conclusions, the papers in this volume open up new avenues to thinking about this crucial interval in human evolutionary history.

Paleolithic period --- Stone age --- Human evolution --- Human behavior --- Paléolithique --- Age de la pierre --- Homme --- Comportement humain --- Evolution --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- Human behavior. --- Human evolution. --- Paleolithic period. --- Stone age. --- Archaeology --- Prehistoric Anthropology --- Anthropology --- History & Archaeology --- Social Sciences --- Paléolithique --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVSOCIA SPRINGER-B --- Action, Human --- Behavior, Human --- Ethology --- Human action --- Human beings --- Eolithic period --- Old Stone age --- Palaeolithic period --- Behavior --- Social sciences. --- History. --- Social Sciences. --- History, general. --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology --- Psychology --- Social sciences --- Psychology, Comparative --- Evolution (Biology) --- Evolutionary psychology --- Civilization --- Origin --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Archeology --- History --- Antiquities --- Primitive societies

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Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Archeology --- archeologie --- Stone age --- Prehistory

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Modern human origins and the fate of the Neanderthals are arguably the most compelling and contentious arenas in paleoanthropology. The much-discussed split between advocates of a single, early emergence of anatomically modern humans in sub-Saharan Africa and supporters of various regional continuity positions is only part of the picture. Equally if not more important are questions surrounding the origins of modern behavior, and the relationships between anatomical and behavioral changes that occurred during the past 200,000 years. Although modern humans as a species may be defined in terms of their skeletal anatomy, it is their behavior, and the social and cognitive structures that support that behavior, which most clearly distinguish Homo sapiens from earlier forms of humans. This book assembles researchers working in Eurasia and Africa to discuss the archaeological record of the Middle Paleolithic and the Middle Stone Age. This is a time period when Homo sapiens last shared the world with other species, and during which patterns of behavior characteristic of modern humans developed and coalesced. Contributions to this volume query and challenge some current notions about the tempo and mode of cultural evolution, and about the processes that underlie the emergence of modern behavior. The papers focus on several fundamental questions. Do typical elements of "modern human behavior" appear suddenly, or are there earlier archaeological precursors of them? Are the archaeological records of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age unchanging and monotonous, or are there detectable evolutionary trends within these periods? Coming to diverse conclusions, the papers in this volume open up new avenues to thinking about this crucial interval in human evolutionary history.

Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Archeology --- archeologie --- Stone age --- Prehistory