This book discusses the trends that produced a modern brain. In the second part, I inserted the scientific arguments that indicate that the Homo Sapiens brain encountered a fundamental transformation that led to a new and mentally distinct species.
The origin of modern humans has probably been the most debated issue in evolutionary biology over the last few decades.
Modern humans (Homo sapiens), thespeciesthat we are, means 'wise man' in Latin. Our species is the only surviving species of the genusHomobut where we came from has been a topic of much debate. Modern humans originated in Africa within the past 200,000 years and evolved from their most likely recent common ancestor, Homo erectus, which means 'upright man' in Latin.Homo erectusis an extinct species of human that lived between 1.9 million and 135,000 years ago.
At some point in its evolutionary history, our species Homo sapiens ceased to be a nonlinguistic, nonsymbolic organism, living in the world as presented to it by Nature, and instead began to exist in a world that it reconstructs in its mind. Most scientists since Darwin have been content to explain this extraordinary transformation in human consciousness by the operation of natural selection. However, the human fossil and archaeological records indicate that modern human symbolic consciousness is not the culmination of the long trend that natural selection would predict. Instead, it shows that major change in the human past has been episodic and rare and that, as far as can be determined from the archaeological record, the passage from non-symbolic to symbolic cognition is a recent event as well as an unprecedented one. So recent, indeed, that it significantly postdates the acquisition of modern human anatomy as expressed in skeletal structure. It, thus, appears most likely that the biological (neural) capacity underwriting the radically new behavioral model arose as an incidental exaptation in the same process that produced the new skeletal structure of Homo sapiens, but that it lay unexpressed until it was "discovered" using a cultural innovation, plausibly the invention of language.
The origin of modern humans has probably been the most debated issue in evolutionary biology over the last few decades.
Modern humans (Homo sapiens), thespeciesthat we are, means 'wise man' in Latin. Our species is the only surviving species of the genusHomobut where we came from has been a topic of much debate. Modern humans originated in Africa within the past 200,000 years and evolved from their most likely recent common ancestor, Homo erectus, which means 'upright man' in Latin.Homo erectusis an extinct species of human that lived between 1.9 million and 135,000 years ago.
At some point in its evolutionary history, our species Homo sapiens ceased to be a nonlinguistic, nonsymbolic organism, living in the world as presented to it by Nature, and instead began to exist in a world that it reconstructs in its mind. Most scientists since Darwin have been content to explain this extraordinary transformation in human consciousness by the operation of natural selection. However, the human fossil and archaeological records indicate that modern human symbolic consciousness is not the culmination of the long trend that natural selection would predict. Instead, it shows that major change in the human past has been episodic and rare and that, as far as can be determined from the archaeological record, the passage from non-symbolic to symbolic cognition is a recent event as well as an unprecedented one. So recent, indeed, that it significantly postdates the acquisition of modern human anatomy as expressed in skeletal structure. It, thus, appears most likely that the biological (neural) capacity underwriting the radically new behavioral model arose as an incidental exaptation in the same process that produced the new skeletal structure of Homo sapiens, but that it lay unexpressed until it was "discovered" using a cultural innovation, plausibly the invention of language.
Автор: Jeffrey H. Schwartz Название: The Human Fossil Record, Volume 2, Craniodental Morphology of Genus Homo (Africa and Asia) ISBN: 0471319287 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780471319283 Издательство: Wiley Цена: 192190.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: "AN INVALUABLE ARCHIVE" Nature The Human Fossil Record series is the most authoritative and comprehensive documentation of the fossil evidence relevant to the study of our evolutionary past. It fills the critical need for a complete resource that provides detailed morphological descriptions based on uniformly applied protocols, along with all new photographs taken exclusively for the series. This second volume covers the craniodental remains from Africa and Asia attributed to the genus Homo. In this monumental and groundbreaking new series, the authors use clearly defined terminology and descriptive protocols that are applied uniformly throughout. Organized alphabetically by site name with detailed morphological descriptions and original, expertly taken photographs, each entry features : Morphology Location information History of discovery Previous systematic assessments of the fossils Geological, archaeological, and faunal contexts Dating References to the primary literature The Human Fossil Record series is truly a must-have reference for anyone interested in the study of human evolution.
Автор: Ulrich J. Frey; Charlotte St?rmer; Kai P. Willf?hr Название: Homo Novus - A Human Without Illusions ISBN: 3642439527 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642439520 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 65290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Revealing seven errors in the way we view the human species, this volume explores the homo novus -- an alternative view of what it is to be human. Leaders in the field present and discuss converging evidence supporting the homo novus, from various disciplines.
Автор: Seeger Название: Evolution of the Central Nervous System of Craniata and Homo ISBN: 3030152154 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030152154 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 46570.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: The main focus of this book is on providing students, neurosurgery trainees, certified neurosurgeons and colleagues in neighbouring disciplines essential information on the evolution of the central nervous system (CNS) of craniata and homo.
Автор: Alan Walker; Richard Leakey Название: The Nariokotome Homo Erectus Skeleton ISBN: 3540563016 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783540563013 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 259950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Presents descriptions and photographs of various parts of the skeleton Homo erectus found in Kenya. This book covers the geology, dating, paleoenvironments, and the taphonomy of the site. It also describes the specimen and offers a review of other Homo erectus specimens from the Lake Turkana region.
Автор: Menelaos Apostolou Название: Sexual Selection in Homo sapiens ISBN: 3319589989 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319589985 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 130430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The present book aims to examine how sexual selection works in the human species.
Автор: Wolfgang Seeger Название: Evolution of the Central Nervous System of Craniata and Homo ISBN: 3030152189 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030152185 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 46570.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: The main focus of this book is on providing students, neurosurgery trainees, certified neurosurgeons and colleagues in neighbouring disciplines essential information on the evolution of the central nervous system (CNS) of craniata and homo.
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