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Author Boucot, Arthur J

Title Some Thoughts about the Evolution of Human Behavior
Published Oxford : Archaeopress, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (253 p.)
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Thesis -- First Appearance of 'New' Behaviors or New Technologies? -- Taxonomy -- Quantum Evolution -- Hominin Evolution -- Data -- Summary -- Skeletal Features -- Hand -- Handedness -- Shoulder -- Brain Size and Morphology -- Infant Nutrition -- Legs and Bipedal Walking -- Feet (Prehensile Toes) -- Rib Cage -- Legs and Arms -- Pelvis and Spine -- Neck and Position of the Foramen Magnum -- Tooth Morphology -- Prognathism -- Sexual Dimorphism -- Size and Robusticity -- Baculum -- Hearing
Mortality -- Soft-Tissue Evidence with Some Skeletal Basis -- Summary -- Digestive-Tract Morphology and Physiology -- Soft-Tissue Evidence Supported by Molecular Information -- Penile spines -- Smell -- Sexual Receptivity -- Soft Tissue Variables with No Skeletal Evidence -- Summary -- Vision -- 'Hairlessness' and Skin -- Sweat Glands -- Estrus -- Obstetric Implications (see also Pelvis and Spine, above) -- Life Span -- Menopause -- Behavioral Features -- Birth Interval -- Pair Bonding -- Division of Labor -- Other Behavioral Features -- Physiological Features -- Diet -- Summary
Australopithecines and Prehominins -- Oldowan -- Acheulian -- Middle Paleolithic -- Upper Paleolithic -- Natufian -- Mesolithic -- Neolithic -- Food Processing -- Querns, Grinders, and Grindstones -- Cut Marks Made by Humans on Bone -- Sources of Food -- Evidence for Cultivation -- Grain and Legumes -- Bread and Noodles -- Cooking -- Gathering and Processing Fruits, Seeds, and other Edible Plant Parts -- Acheulian -- Middle Pleistocene -- Late Paleolithic -- Mesolithic -- Natufian -- Neolithic and Bronze Age -- Hunting and Fishing -- Animal -- Mammal -- Oldowan -- Acheulian -- Middle Paleolithic
Upper Paleolithic -- Natufian -- Neolithic and Late Paleolithic -- Invertebrates, Chiefly Shellfish -- Middle Stone Age -- Upper Paleolithic -- Neolithic -- Fish -- Lower Paleolithic -- Middle Stone Age -- Late Stone Age -- Natufian -- Neolithic -- Bronze Age -- Birds -- Honey and Beeswax -- Alcoholic Beverages, Including Wine and Beer Plus Various Additives -- Summary -- Wine -- Mead -- Beer, Ale, and Allied Beverages -- Distilled Beverages -- Farming -- Summary -- Domestic Animals and 'Pets' -- Horses, Donkeys, Asses -- Camels -- Goats, Sheep -- Dogs and Cats -- Pigs -- Cattle
Milk and Dairy Products -- Cheese -- Storage Facilities -- Plow -- Water Resources -- Summary -- Wells -- Siphons -- Cisterns -- Springs -- Pipes -- Water Wheels -- Aqueducts -- Dams -- Irrigation Systems -- Egyptian -- Near Eastern -- Chinese -- Southeast Asian -- Human-Waste Disposal, Rubbish Disposal, Baths, and Drainage -- Mohenjo-Daro -- Minoan -- Greek and Roman -- Greek -- Roman -- Behavioral-Technological Innovations -- Tools and Materials -- Summary -- Stone and Bone Tools -- Generalities -- Oldowan -- Acheulian -- Middle Paleolithic -- Upper Paleolithic -- Natufian -- Neolithic
Summary On his death, Arthur Boucot (1924-2017) left an unfinished manuscript in which he surveyed the skeletal, behavioral, and cultural changes that have characterized Homo from its first recognition in the Late Pliocene to the present. The results, edited after his death, provide a heavily referenced sourcebook for future workers in diverse fields
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Chalcolithic
Subject Human behavior.
Evolution (Biology)
Behavior
human behavior.
Evolution (Biology)
Human behavior
Form Electronic book
Author Saul, John M
Southard, John B
ISBN 9781789699043
1789699045