The parietal lobe evolution and the emergence of material culture in the human genus

E Bruner, A Battaglia-Mayer, R Caminiti - Brain Structure and Function, 2023 - Springer
Traditional and new disciplines converge in suggesting that the parietal lobe underwent a
considerable expansion during human evolution. Through the study of endocasts and shape …

Can a Neandertal meditate? An evolutionary view of attention as a core component of general intelligence

E Bruner, R Colom - Intelligence, 2022 - Elsevier
Attention might be considered a key component of intelligence, and its cognitive and
neurobiological mechanisms probably underwent profound changes in the course of human …

Mark making and human becoming

L Malafouris - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2021 - Springer
This is a paper about mark making and human becoming. I will be asking what do marks
do? How do they signify? What role do marks play in human becoming and the evolution of …

Understanding stone tool-making skill acquisition: Experimental methods and evolutionary implications

J Pargeter, N Khreisheh, D Stout - Journal of Human Evolution, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite its theoretical importance, the process of stone tool-making skill acquisition remains
understudied and poorly understood. The challenges and costs of skill learning constitute an …

[图书][B] Morality in a technological world: Knowledge as duty

L Magnani - 2007 - books.google.com
The technological advances of contemporary society have outpaced our moral
understanding of the problems that they create. How will we deal with profound ecological …

How does thinking relate to tool making?

L Malafouris - Adaptive Behavior, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
How the boundaries of the mind should be drawn with respect to action and the material
world is a core research question that cognitive archaeology shares with contemporary …

The brain of Homo habilis: Three decades of paleoneurology

E Bruner, A Beaudet - Journal of Human Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In 1987, Phillip Tobias published a comprehensive anatomical analysis of the
endocasts attributed to Homo habilis, discussing issues dealing with brain size, sulcal …

Cognitive Archeology and the Attentional System: An Evolutionary Mismatch for the Genus Homo

E Bruner - Journal of Intelligence, 2023 - mdpi.com
Brain evolution is a key topic in evolutionary anthropology. Unfortunately, in this sense the
fossil record can usually support limited anatomical and behavioral inferences. Nonetheless …

Visual attention and cognitive archaeology: an eye-tracking study of palaeolithic stone tools

M Silva-Gago, F Ioannidou, A Fedato… - …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The study of lithic technology can provide information on human cultural evolution. This
article aims to analyse visual behaviour associated with the exploration of ancient stone …

Making hands and tools: Steps to a process archaeology of mind

L Malafouris - World Archaeology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We can only understand what is it to be human by understanding the modes of human
becoming. This paper looks at the creative aspect of human becoming taking hands and …