Tools, Language and Cognition in Human Evolution
- Authors:
- Kathleen R. Gibson, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Tim Ingold, University of Aberdeen
- Date Published: January 1995
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521485418
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The question addressed by this volume is how human beings have evolved as creatures who can make and use more complex tools, communicate in more complex ways, and engage in more complex forms of social life, than any other species in the animal kingdom. The topics explored include the parallels among speech, manual gesture and other models of communication; a comparison of the tool-using skills and imitative abilities of humans and nonhuman primates; the neurological links among the cognitive processes involved in language, gesture and tool use; how linguistic and technical capacities merge together in processes of cognitive development; and a discussion of what the archaeological record and the ethnography of modern human cultures can tell us about the relationship among tools, language and social life.
Read more- The evolution of the human brain and mind is extremely topical at the moment
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"...its subject matter is compelling, its presentation cogent, and its message important. For anyone with even a passing interest in the topic, the reward is worth the effort." Roger Lewin, New Scientist
See more reviews"...a handsome, mind-stretching volume that expands human understanding among practitioners, and may serve as a useful supplementary text in college and universities." Philip R. Harris, Behavioral Science
"All 21 chapters in this book are well written and contain much interesting and at times challenging material." Charles Crawford, Contemporary Psychology
"While most chapters are written on a level appropriate for people from other fields, the breadth of coverage insures that experts in all relevant fields will find plenty of new food for thought. Consequently, this is a rather rare book in that it can be highly recommended for readers ranging from students to experts. All that is required is an interest in tools, language and human cognition, and this will surely be provoked by the book if not already present." Thomas R. Alley, Human Ethology Bulletin
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- Date Published: January 1995
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521485418
- length: 496 pages
- dimensions: 248 x 175 x 24 mm
- weight: 1kg
- contains: 25 b/w illus. 14 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue: General introduction: Animal minds, human minds Kathleen Gibson
A history of speculation on the relation between tools and language Gordon Hewes
Part I. Word, Sign and Gesture: General introduction: Relations between visual-gestural and vocal-auditory modalities of communication Tim Ingold
1. Human gesture Adam Kendon
2. When does gesture become language? Susan Goldwin-Meadow
3. The emergence of language Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Duane Rumbaugh
4. A comparative approach to language parallels Charles Snowdon
Part II. Technological Skills and Associated Social Behaviors of the Non-Human Primates: Introduction: Generative interplay between technical capacities, social relations, imitation and cognition Kathleen Gibson
5. Capuchin monkeys Elisabetta Visalberghi
6. The intelligent use of tools William McGrew
7. Aspects of transmission of tool use in wild chimpanzees Christophe Boesch
Part III. Connecting Up The Brain: Introduction: Overlapping neural control of language, gesture and tool use Kathleen Gibson
8. Disorders of language and tool use Daniel Kempler
9. Sex differences in visuospatial skills Dean Falk
10. The unitary hypothesis William H. Calvin
11. Tool use, language and social behaviour in relationship to information processing capacities Kathleen Gibson
Part IV. Perspectives on Development: Introduction: Beyond neotony and recapitulation Kathleen Gibson
12. Human language development and object manipulation Andrew Lock
13. Comparative cognitive development Jonas Langer
14. Higher intelligence, propositional language and culture as adaptations for planning Sue Parker and Constance Milbrath
Part V. Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives: Introduction: Tools, techniques and technology Tim Ingold
15. Early stone industries and inferences regarding language and cognition Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick
16. Tools and language in human evolution Iain Davidson and William Noble
17. Layers of thinking in tool behaviour Thomas Wynn
18. The complementation theory of language and tool use Peter Reynolds
19. Tool-use, sociality and intelligence Tim Ingold
Epilogue: Technology, language, intelligence Tim Ingold
Index.
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