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USE OF TOOLS SFF 3 C

By Berthelet

USE OF TOOLS SFF 3 C

By Berthelet

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This volume brings together contributions on the theme of tools from international specialists in various disciplines - anatomists, neurobiologists, prehistorians, ethnologists, and primatologists - at a symposium arranged by the Fyssen Foundation. Tools, whether of stone, wood, or metal, are a prolongation of the arm, but they acquire precision through the hand directed by the brain. A movement may have been identical from one another, in apes and in humans, in thepast and in the present, but the resulting action varies according to the extended use of the tool. It is therefore necessary to understand the origin of tools, and also to be able to describe the techniques of cutting tools, and to imagine the possible uses of certain tools. Comparison of thetechniques of chimpanzees with those of prehistoric Man and of twentieth-century Man has made it possible to appreciate the common aspects and to identify the differences. The transmission of ability, and of the understanding also called apprenticeship, has been studied in the various relevant societies: chimpanzees in their natural habitat and in captivity, hunter-gatherers, and workmen in prehistoric and in modern times.
Product details
Number of Pages:
444
Release Date:
1993-05-06
Publication Date:
2008-05-16
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198522630
ISBN13:
9780198522638
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
828 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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