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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781601003321

Autore

Wynn Thomas

Titolo

How to think like a Neandertal [[electronic resource] /] / by Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-19-991233-5

1-283-34910-8

9786613349101

0-19-987663-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Classificazione

PSY008000SOC002000SCI027000

Altri autori (Persone)

CoolidgeFrederick L <1948-> (Frederick Lawrence)

Disciplina

569.9/86

Soggetti

Neanderthals

Social archaeology

Ethnopsychology

Cognition and culture

Human evolution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 1. True Grit; 2. The Caveman Diet; 3. Zen and the Art of Spear Making; 4. A Focus on Family; 5. It's Symbolic; 6. Speaking of Tongues; 7. A Neandertal Walked into a Bar . . .; 8. To Sleep, Perchance to Dream; 9. You've Got Personality; 10. Thinking Like a Neandertal; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

Sommario/riassunto

There have been many books, movies, and even TV commercials featuring Neandertals--some serious, some comical. But what was it really like to be a Neandertal? How were their lives similar to or different from ours? In How to Think Like a Neandertal, archaeologist Thomas Wynn and psychologist Frederick L. Coolidge team up to provide a brilliant account of the mental life of Neandertals, drawing on the most recent fossil and archaeological remains. Indeed, some Neandertal remains are not fossilized, allowing scientists to recover samples of their genes--one specimen had the gene for red hair and