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Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 1

Cultural Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Takeru Akazawa

    1. Research Institute, Kochi University of Technology, Kami-shi, Japan

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  2. Yoshihiro Nishiaki

    1. Tokyo, Japan

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  3. Kenichi Aoki

    1. Tokyo, Japan

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  • The latest overview of the replacement/assimilation processes of Neanderthals by modern humans
  • Archaeological and ethnographic case studies exploring evidence of learning behaviours in prehistoric and modern hunter-gatherer societies
  • Defining and testing the ‘learning hypothesis’ using theories of population biology using rigorous mathematical modelling but explained with a minimum of mathematics

Part of the book series: Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series (RNMH)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Kenichi Aoki, Takeru Akazawa
    Pages 1-3

  3. Archaeology of Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Neanderthals and Modern Humans Across Eurasia

      • Ofer Bar-Yosef
      Pages 7-20

    3. Neandertal-Modern Human Contact in Western Eurasia: Issues of Dating, Taxonomy, and Cultural Associations

      • João Zilhão
      Pages 21-57

    4. Issues of Chronological and Geographical Distributions of Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Cultural Variability in the Levant and Implications for the Learning Behavior of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens

      • Seiji Kadowaki
      Pages 59-91

    5. The Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition in Siberia: Three Regional Sketches for Replacement

      • Hirofumi Kato
      Pages 93-103

    6. Cultural Transmission, Institutional Continuity and the Persistence of the Mousterian

      • Steven L. Kuhn
      Pages 105-113

    7. Cultural and Biological Transformations in the Middle Pleistocene Levant: A View from Qesem Cave, Israel

      • Ran Barkai, Avi Gopher
      Pages 115-137

  5. Human-Specific Learning Strategies and Cultural Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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    2. Determinants of Cultural Evolutionary Rates

      • Kenichi Aoki
      Pages 199-210

    3. Exploring Cultural Niche Construction from the Paleolithic to Modern Hunter-Gatherers

      • Nicole Creanza, Laurel Fogarty, Marcus W. Feldman
      Pages 211-228

    4. The Effects of Cross-Boundary Rituals on Cultural Innovation

      • Shiro Horiuchi, Sachiko Kubota
      Pages 229-236

    5. A Simulation Study on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans in Europe: Implications of Climate Change, Cultural Diversification, and the Shape of the Continent

      • Yutaka Kobayashi
      Pages 237-243

    6. Cultural Evolution and Learning Strategies in Hominids

      • Wataru Nakahashi
      Pages 245-254
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About this book

This volume presents the first of two proceedings from the International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans, which took place in Tokyo in November 2012. Focussing on a highly innovative working hypothesis called the ‘learning hypothesis’, which attempts to explain the replacement as a result of differences in the learning abilities of these two hominid populations, the conference served as the latest multidisciplinary discussion forum on this intriguing Palaeoanthropological issue. The present volume reports on outcomes of the conference in three major sections. Part 1 provides an archaeological overview of the processes of replacement/assimilation of Neanderthals by modern humans. Part 2 consists of archaeological and ethnographic case studies exploring evidence of learning behaviours in prehistoric and modern hunter-gatherer societies. Part 3 presents a collection of papers that directly contributes to the definition, validation and testing of the learninghypothesis in terms of population biology and evolutionary theory. A total of 18 papers in this volume make available to readers unique cultural perspectives on mechanisms of the replacement/assimilation of Neanderthals by modern humans and suggested relationships between these mechanisms and different learning strategies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Institute, Kochi University of Technology, Kami-shi, Japan

    Takeru Akazawa

  • Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Kenichi Aoki

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 1

  • Book Subtitle: Cultural Perspectives

  • Editors: Takeru Akazawa, Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Kenichi Aoki

  • Series Title: Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54511-8

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54510-1Published: 09 January 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56363-1Published: 27 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-54511-8Published: 16 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2365-063X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-0648

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 277

  • Number of Illustrations: 52 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Anthropology, Regional and Cultural Studies, Archaeology

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