Attention might be considered a key component of intelligence, and its cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms probably underwent profound changes in the course of human …
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 …
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 …
The technological advances of contemporary society have outpaced our moral understanding of the problems that they create. How will we deal with profound ecological …
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 …
Abstract In 1987, Phillip Tobias published a comprehensive anatomical analysis of the endocasts attributed to Homo habilis, discussing issues dealing with brain size, sulcal …
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 …
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 …
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 …