The Oxford handbook of human symbolic evolution / edited by Nathalie Gontier, Andy Lock, and Chris Sinha.

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Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
Description
1 online resource (lxxxiii, 1100 pages) : ǂb illustrations (chiefly color)

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Summary note
The biological and neurological capacity to symbolize, and the products of behavioral, cognitive, sociocultural, linguistic, and technological uses of symbols (symbolism), are fundamental to every aspect of human life. 'The Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution' explores the origins of our characteristically human abilities - our ability to speak, create images, play music, and read and write. The text investigates how symbolization evolved in human evolution and how symbolism is expressed across the various areas of human life. The field is intrinsically interdisciplinary - considering findings from fossil studies, scientific research from primatology, developmental psychology, and of course linguistics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 16, 2023).
Contents
  • Gesture is an intrinsic part of modern-day human communication and may always have been so / Susan Goldin-Meadow
  • The Symbolic Revolution: A sexual conflict model / Camilla Power, Ian Watts, Chris Knight
  • Behavioral modernity, evolutionary synergies and the symbolic species / Ana Majkić
  • Animal signals and symbolism / Ulrike Griebel, D. Kimbrough Oller
  • Kanzi or can't he? Animal language projects / Heidi Lyn
  • The Evolution of Language and Speech: What We Know from Genetics / Antonio Benítez-Burraco, Dan Dediu
  • The Narrative Origins of Language / Francesco Ferretti
  • The evolution of writing systems: An Introduction / Alex de Voogt.
Other title(s)
  • Handbook of human symbolic evolution
  • Human symbolic evolution
ISBN
  • 9780192543516
  • 0192543512
  • 9780192543509
  • 0192543504
  • 9780191851759
  • 0191851752
OCLC
1403387575
Doi
  • 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198813781.001.0001
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