Publisher's Synopsis
This work examines fundamental questions concerning the origins and nature of human symbolic abilities. The book is about the evolution of humanity - language, art, tools, and communication, covering a wide range of disciplines - anthropology, psychology, primatology, paleontology, and archaeology. The various topics are dealt with by experts from each field, in articles that provide summaries that are scholarly but will also be comprehensive to the many people (both lay and professional) who are interested in human evolution.;This work should be of interest to postgraduates and 3rd year undergraduates.
