| Convergent Evolution in Stone-Tool Technology Contributor(s): O'Brien, Michael J. (Editor), Buchanan, Briggs (Editor), Eren, Metin I. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0262037831 ISBN-13: 9780262037839 Publisher: MIT Press OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 930.12 |
| LCCN: 2017038928 |
| Series: Vienna Theoretical Biology |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.2" W x 9.2" (1.40 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Scholars from a variety of disciplines consider cases of convergence in lithic technology, when functional or developmental constraints result in similar forms in independent lineages. Hominins began using stone tools at least 2.6 million years ago, perhaps even 3.4 million years ago. Given the nearly ubiquitous use of stone tools by humans and their ancestors, the study of lithic technology offers an important line of inquiry into questions of evolution and behavior. This book examines convergence in stone tool-making, cases in which functional or developmental constraints result in similar forms in independent lineages. Identifying examples of convergence, and distinguishing convergence from divergence, refutes hypotheses that suggest physical or cultural connection between far-flung prehistoric toolmakers. Employing phylogenetic analysis and stone-tool replication, the contributors show that similarity of tools can be caused by such common constraints as the fracture properties of stone or adaptive challenges rather than such unlikely phenomena as migration of toolmakers over an Arctic ice shelf. Contributors |
Contributor Bio(s): Buchanan, Briggs: - Briggs Buchanan is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Tulsa.Eren, Metin I.: - Metin I. Eren is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director of Archaeology at Kent State University.O'Brien, Michael J.: - Michael J. O'Brien is Provost and Professor of History at Texas A&M University-San Antonio and the coauthor of I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior and The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors to Algorithms (both published by the MIT Press).O'Brien, Michael J.: - Michael J. O'Brien is Provost and Professor of History at Texas A&M University-San Antonio and the coauthor of I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior and The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors to Algorithms (both published by the MIT Press).Bentley, R. Alexander: - R. Alexander Bentley is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee and coauthor of I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior and The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors to Algorithms (both published by the MIT Press).Jr, George R. McGhee: - George McGhee is Distinguished Professor of Paleobiology in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers University and a Member of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Klosterneuburg, Austria. He is the author of Convergent Evolution: Limited Forms Most Beautiful (MIT Press)Buchanan, Briggs: - Briggs Buchanan is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Tulsa.Eren, Metin I.: - Metin I. Eren is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director of Archaeology at Kent State University.Muller, Gerd B.: - Gerd B. Müller, is Professor of Zoology and Head of the Department of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna and President of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research. |