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Early Evolution of Human Memory Great Apes, Tool-making, and Cognition /

This work examines the cognitive capacity of great apes in order to better understand early man and the importance of memory in the evolutionary process. It synthesizes research from comparative cognition, neuroscience, primatology as well as lithic archaeology, reviewing findings on the cognitive a...

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Main Authors: Manrique, Héctor M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Walker, Michael J. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Subjects:
Cognitive psychology.
Biological psychology.
Zoology.
Evolutionary biology.
Neuropsychology.
Cognitive Psychology.
Biological Psychology.
Evolutionary Biology.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64447-9
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Tool-Use by Great Apes in the Wild
  • 2. Great Apes, Tools, and Cognition
  • 3. Early Tool-Making and the Evolution of Human Memory Systems in the Brain
  • 4. Concluding Remarks. .

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