From single neurons to social brains
Authors: Coward, F.
Journal: Cambridge Archaeological Journal
Volume: 18
Issue: 3
Pages: 387-400
ISSN: 0959-7743
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774308000437
Abstract:The manufacture of stone tools is an integral part of the human evolutionary trajectory.
However, very little research is directed towards the social and cognitive context of the process of manufacture. This article aims to redress this balance by using insights from contemporary neuroscience. Addressing successively more inclusive levels of analysis, we will argue that the relevant unit of analysis when examining the interface between archaeology and neuroscience is not the individual neuron, nor even necessarily the individual brain, but instead the socio-cognitive context in which brains develop and tools are manufactured and used. This context is inextricably linked to the development of unique ontogenetic scheduling, as evidenced by the fossil record of evolving hominin lineages.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/20594/
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Preferred by: Fiona Coward
From single neurons to social brains
Authors: Coward, F.
Journal: Cambridge Archaeological Journal
Volume: 18
Issue: 3
Pages: 387-400
ISSN: 0959-7743
Abstract:The manufacture of stone tools is an integral part of the human evolutionary trajectory. However, very little research is directed towards the social and cognitive context of the process of manufacture. This article aims to redress this balance by using insights from contemporary neuroscience. Addressing successively more inclusive levels of analysis, we will argue that the relevant unit of analysis when examining the interface between archaeology and neuroscience is not the individual neuron, nor even necessarily the individual brain, but instead the socio-cognitive context in which brains develop and tools are manufactured and used. This context is inextricably linked to the development of unique ontogenetic scheduling, as evidenced by the fossil record of evolving hominin lineages.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/20594/
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