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The rapid evolutionary development of modern Homo sapiens over the past 200,000 years is a topic of fevered interest in numerous disciplines. How did humans, while undergoing few physical changes from their first arrival, so quickly develop the capacities to transform their world? Gary Tomlinson's Culture and the Course of Human Evolution is aimed at both scientists and humanists, and it makes the case that neither side alone can answer the most important questions about our origins. Tomlinson offers a new model for understanding this period in our emergence, one based on analysis of advancing human cultures in an evolution that was simultaneously cultural and biological-a biocultural evolution. He places front and center the emergence of culture and the human capacities to create it, in a fashion that expands the conceptual framework of recent evolutionary theory. His wide-ranging vision encompasses arguments on the development of music, modern technology, and metaphysics. At the heart of these developments, he shows, are transformations in our species' particular knack for signmaking. With its innovative synthesis of humanistic and scientific ideas, this book will be an essential text.

Human evolution. --- Paleolithic humans. --- biocultural evolution. --- cultural systems. --- emergence. --- evolutionary theory. --- hominins. --- niche construction. --- semiotics.

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This book collects a series of interdisciplinary contributions about Historical Ecology, Archeology and Biocultural Landscapes focused on the analysis of landscape dynamics during the Long Anthropocene. Through case studies across Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia and America, the volume offers a series of examples of approaches and applications to combine and stimulate an interdisciplinary debate between Natural Science and Humanities for understanding long-term human–environment interaction and historical sustainability.

site selection --- archaeological sites --- edge effect --- ecological network --- geomantic environment --- historical ecology --- landscape archaeology --- vegetation science --- anthracology --- vegetation series --- Mediterranean woods --- high nature value (HNV) farmlands --- historical landscapes --- early middle ages --- Basque --- Neolithic --- Western Pyrenees --- mountain agropastoralism --- land-use change --- Neoanthropocene raising --- inner land --- environmental protection --- ecodynamics --- Anthropology --- archaeology --- agrarian history --- Iron Age --- hay-meadows --- land reforms --- landscape history --- niche construction --- landscape --- Anthropocene --- Valle dei Templi --- sustainable development --- territorial planning --- cultural heritage --- archaeological heritage --- local development --- Agrigento --- Kolymbethra --- abandonment --- decay within the rural environment --- artefacts --- cultural landscapes --- landscape transformation --- rewilding --- human–environment interaction --- Slovenia --- agrobiodiversity --- ancient trees --- biocultural diversity --- biodiversity --- heritage trees --- long-lived trees --- Olea europaea --- veteran trees --- regions --- history --- ecology --- ancient DNA --- population genetics --- anthropology --- paleobotany --- past vegetation --- potential natural vegetation --- biomes --- methodologies --- historical approach --- multidisciplinarity --- research gaps --- n/a --- human-environment interaction

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How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? And why do we value it so highly? In Soul Dust, the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, proposes a startling new theory. Consciousness, he argues, is nothing less than a magical-mystery show that we stage for ourselves inside our own heads. This self-made show lights up the world for us and makes us feel special and transcendent. Thus consciousness paves the way for spirituality, and allows us, as human beings, to reap the rewards, and anxieties, of living in what Humphrey calls the "soul niche.? Tightly argued, intellectually gripping, and a joy to read, Soul Dust provides answers to the deepest questions. It shows how the problem of consciousness merges with questions that obsess us all--how life should be lived and the fear of death. Resting firmly on neuroscience and evolutionary theory, and drawing a wealth of insights from philosophy and literature, Soul Dust is an uncompromising yet life-affirming work--one that never loses sight of the majesty and wonder of consciousness.

Consciousness. --- Bewusstsein. --- Evolution. --- Theorie. --- Consciousness --- Apperception --- Mind and body --- Perception --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Spirit --- Self --- Aldous Huxley. --- Analogy. --- Anthony Marcel. --- Anthropologist. --- Behavior. --- Buddhism. --- Cheating death. --- Childlessness. --- Chimpanzee. --- Christopher Isherwood. --- Concept. --- Culture. --- Daniel Dennett. --- Death anxiety (psychology). --- Decision-making. --- Delay differential equation. --- Developmental psychology. --- Douglas Hofstadter. --- Dualism (philosophy of mind). --- Dylan Evans. --- Emergence. --- Enthusiasm. --- Existence. --- Explanation. --- Faber and Faber. --- Feeling. --- George Santayana. --- God. --- Hard problem of consciousness. --- Heat death of the universe. --- Human. --- Illustration. --- Incorruptibility. --- Indication (medicine). --- Individualism. --- Individuation. --- Ineffability. --- Instance (computer science). --- Instant. --- Intentionality. --- Johansson. --- Lecture. --- Literary agent. --- Ludwig Wittgenstein. --- Matt Ridley. --- Mental representation. --- Mescaline. --- Midwife. --- Mortality salience. --- Narrative. --- Niche construction. --- Penguin Books. --- Perception. --- Personhood. --- Pessimism. --- Phenomenon. --- Philosopher. --- Philosophical zombie. --- Philosophy. --- Pity. --- Precognition. --- Principle. --- Probability. --- Psychology. --- Qualia. --- Reality. --- Reason. --- Religion. --- Requirement. --- Ross Anderson. --- Rupert Sheldrake. --- Ruth Brandon. --- Science. --- Scientist. --- Self-concept. --- Self-consciousness. --- Self-image. --- Seminar. --- Sense. --- Special Period. --- Spirituality. --- Stimulation. --- Strange loop. --- Suffering. --- Suggestion. --- Termite. --- Terror management theory. --- The Dog Beneath the Skin. --- The Philosopher. --- The Various. --- Theory. --- Thomas Kuhn. --- Thought experiment. --- Thought. --- Uncertainty. --- Uniqueness. --- Visual system. --- W. H. Auden. --- What Is Your Dangerous Idea?.