Tools, Language and Cognition in Human Evolution

Kathleen R. Gibson and Tim Ingold (Edited by)

ISBN 10: 052148541X / ISBN 13: 9780521485418

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England and New York, 1994

About this Item

483 pp. Flawless text/copy. Cover shows minimal edge wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tools, Language and Cognition in Human Evolution
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England and New York
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052148541X
• ISBN 13: 9780521485418
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: First Paperback Edition, 1994
• Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language Studies, Linguistics, Phonetics, Speech
  • Anthropology
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research

About this title

Synopsis

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.

Book Description

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.