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A concise collection of early lectures that applies the theory of evolution to the products of human handiwork, offering a clear map of how culture develops through small, cumulative changes.
Edited to present the four essays with corrected references and reprinted plates, the volume lays out a practical framework for studying artifacts, their origins, and their spread. It frames how classification and sequence help reveal the origins, development, and continuity of material arts across the world, from primitive tools to more complex forms.
- Discover how evolution explains steady improvements in tools and techniques across different cultures.
- See the method for arranging artifacts into series that illustrate possible developmental paths.
- Explore examples of weapons, navigation, and other crafts from diverse regions and times.
- Learn how plates and illustrations support the arguments about continuity and change in human culture.
Ideal for readers of anthropology, archaeology, and history who seek a traditional, scholarly perspective on cultural evolution.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book introduces an innovative approach to understanding the origins and evolution of human technology. One of the first to apply the ideas of evolution to human creativity, this book brings together essays by Colonel Lane Fox that analyze the development of tools, clothing, and weapons from their simplest forms to complex ones, demonstrating the continuity between the arts of prehistoric and modern people. The author argues that objects made by modern "savage" tribes (the term he uses) preserve in their forms clues to the development of tools and weapons of prehistoric peopleâ"even those of the earliest humans. He was one of the first to suggest that the basic idea of the bow and arrow may have originated with simple bows used as musical instruments, and was refined gradually over thousands of years. This book is a key text in the development of the concept of the evolution of technology and one that continues to be referenced today. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781332450046_0
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