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

• Autore: Wynn Thomas
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 569.9/86
• Soggetto topico: Neanderthals; Social archaeology; Ethnopsychology; Cognition and culture; Human evolution
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CoolidgeFrederick L <1948-> (Frederick Lawrence)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: How to think like a Neandertal
• ISBN: 1-283-34910-8; 9786613349101; 0-19-987663-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457293003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II