LEADER 05787nam 2200805 a 450 001 9910957722003321 005 20240514051448.0 010 $a9786613314710 010 $a9781283314718 010 $a1283314711 010 $a9789027284099 010 $a9027284091 024 7 $a10.1075/z.168 035 $a(CKB)2550000000063898 035 $a(EBL)795367 035 $a(OCoLC)767780988 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537621 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12197794 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537621 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10557008 035 $a(PQKB)10651544 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL795367 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509457 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL331471 035 $a(PPN)166279900 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC795367 035 $a(DE-B1597)721576 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789027284099 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000063898 100 $a20110816d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHomo symbolicus $ethe dawn of language, imagination and spirituality /$fedited by Christopher S. Henshilwood, Francesco d'Errico 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins Pub.$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9789027211897 311 08$a9027211892 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHomo Symbolicus; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Editors' introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. Pan Symbolicus; 1. Introduction; 2. Communication does not equal language; 3. Language does not equal speech; 4. Symbol-use does not equal language; 5. Non-human language does not equal human language; 6. Pan symbolicus; References; 2.The evolution and the rise of human language; 1. Introduction; 2. Biological humanness; 3. Ape language and ape culture; 4. Maternal infant carriage and interaction as substrate of human agency; 5. Self-agency and the duality of consciousness; 6. Conclusion 327 $aReferences3.The origin of symbolically mediated behaviour; 1. Introduction; 2. First instances of symbolic material culture and their implications; 3. Demography as a triggering factor?; 4. Climate as a triggering factor; 5. Discussion; Acknowledgements; References; 4. Middle Stone Age engravings and their significance to the debate on the emergence of symbolic material culture; 1. Introduction; 2. Howiesons Poort techno-tradition; 2.1 Diepkloof Rock Shelter; 2.1.1 Archaeological context and dating; 3. Diepkloof engraved ostrich eggshells; 4. Still Bay techno-tradition; 4.1 Blombos Cave 327 $a4.1.1 Archaeological context and dating5. Blombos engraved ochre; 6. Contrasting the significance of early engravings; Acknowledgements; References; 5.Complex cognition required for compound adhesive manufacture in the Middle Stone Age implies symbolic capacity; 1. Introduction; 2. What is complex cognition?; 3. What gave rise to complex cognition?; 4. The archaeological evidence; 5. Replicated compound adhesive manufacture: Methods; 6. Compound adhesive manufacture as a proxy for modern cognition; Reference; 6.The emergence of language, art and symbolic thinking; 1. Introduction 327 $a2. Neandertal-ness3. Paradigm lost; 4. Paradigm found; 5. Conclusion; References; 7.The human major transition in relation to symbolic behaviour, including language, imagination, and spirituality; 1. What is a major evolutionary transition?; 2. Human evolution as a major transition; 3. Cognitive teamwork and simple forms that preceded more advanced forms; 4. Language, imagination, and spirituality; 5. Testable predictions; References; 8.The living as symbols, the dead as symbols; 1. Introduction: Living symbols, dead symbols 327 $a2. Problematising the archaeological debate: Symbolic revolutions that were or were not3. Material culture symbols among the living; 4. The dead as symbols; 5. The evolution of Homo symbolicus: Gradual, abrupt, or fragmentary?; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 9.Biology and mechanisms related to the dawn of language; 1. The Functional and Structural Context; 2. The Nature of Language: Crucial Features; 2.1 An embodied symbolic system; 2.2 Equivalence class of representations and embodiment; 2.3 Key features of language; 3. Hierarchical Structuring; 3.1 Functional structure 327 $a3.2 Bottom-up and top-down causation 330 $aThe emergence of symbolic culture, classically identified with the European cave paintings of the Ice Age, is now seen, in the light of recent groundbreaking discoveries, as a complex nonlinear process taking root in a remote past and in different regions of the planet. 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