Some thoughts about the evolution of human behavior : : a literature survey / / Arthur J. Boucot, edited by John M. Saul, John B. Southard.

• VerfasserIn: Boucot, A. J. 1924-
• TeilnehmendeR: Saul, John M.,; Southard, John B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford, England : : Archaeopress Publishing,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (253 pages)

On his death, Arthur Boucot (1924-2017) left an unfinished manuscript in which he surveyed the skeletal, behavioral, and cultural changes that have characterized Homo from its first recognition in the Late Pliocene to the present. The results, edited after his death, provide a heavily referenced sourcebook for future workers in diverse fields.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Thesis -- First Appearance of 'New' Behaviors or New Technologies? -- Taxonomy -- Quantum Evolution -- Hominin Evolution -- Data -- Summary -- Skeletal Features -- Hand -- Handedness -- Shoulder -- Brain Size and Morphology -- Infant Nutrition -- Legs and Bipedal Walking -- Feet (Prehensile Toes) -- Rib Cage -- Legs and Arms -- Pelvis and Spine -- Neck and Position of the Foramen Magnum -- Tooth Morphology -- Prognathism -- Sexual Dimorphism -- Size and Robusticity -- Baculum -- Hearing -- Mortality -- Soft-Tissue Evidence with Some Skeletal Basis -- Summary -- Digestive-Tract Morphology and Physiology -- Soft-Tissue Evidence Supported by Molecular Information -- Penile spines -- Smell -- Sexual Receptivity -- Soft Tissue Variables with No Skeletal Evidence -- Summary -- Vision -- 'Hairlessness' and Skin -- Sweat Glands -- Estrus -- Obstetric Implications (see also Pelvis and Spine, above) -- Life Span -- Menopause -- Behavioral Features -- Birth Interval -- Pair Bonding -- Division of Labor -- Other Behavioral Features -- Physiological Features -- Diet -- Summary -- Australopithecines and Prehominins -- Oldowan -- Acheulian -- Middle Paleolithic -- Upper Paleolithic -- Natufian -- Mesolithic -- Neolithic -- Food Processing -- Querns, Grinders, and Grindstones -- Cut Marks Made by Humans on Bone -- Sources of Food -- Evidence for Cultivation -- Grain and Legumes -- Bread and Noodles -- Cooking -- Gathering and Processing Fruits, Seeds, and other Edible Plant Parts -- Acheulian -- Middle Pleistocene -- Late Paleolithic -- Mesolithic -- Natufian -- Neolithic and Bronze Age -- Hunting and Fishing -- Animal -- Mammal -- Oldowan -- Acheulian -- Middle Paleolithic -- Upper Paleolithic -- Natufian -- Neolithic and Late Paleolithic.

Invertebrates, Chiefly Shellfish -- Middle Stone Age -- Upper Paleolithic -- Neolithic -- Fish -- Lower Paleolithic -- Middle Stone Age -- Late Stone Age -- Natufian -- Neolithic -- Bronze Age -- Birds -- Honey and Beeswax -- Alcoholic Beverages, Including Wine and Beer Plus Various Additives -- Summary -- Wine -- Mead -- Beer, Ale, and Allied Beverages -- Distilled Beverages -- Farming -- Summary -- Domestic Animals and 'Pets' -- Horses, Donkeys, Asses -- Camels -- Goats, Sheep -- Dogs and Cats -- Pigs -- Cattle -- Milk and Dairy Products -- Cheese -- Storage Facilities -- Plow -- Water Resources -- Summary -- Wells -- Siphons -- Cisterns -- Springs -- Pipes -- Water Wheels -- Aqueducts -- Dams -- Irrigation Systems -- Egyptian -- Near Eastern -- Chinese -- Southeast Asian -- Human-Waste Disposal, Rubbish Disposal, Baths, and Drainage -- Mohenjo-Daro -- Minoan -- Greek and Roman -- Greek -- Roman -- Behavioral-Technological Innovations -- Tools and Materials -- Summary -- Stone and Bone Tools -- Generalities -- Oldowan -- Acheulian -- Middle Paleolithic -- Upper Paleolithic -- Natufian -- Neolithic -- Chalcolithic -- Bronze Age -- Iron Age -- Tool Use -- Stone (see also Mining and Quarrying, below) -- Mining and Quarrying -- Acheulian -- Mesolithic and Late Paleolithic -- Bronze Age -- Variscite and Cinnabar Mines -- Amazonite, Amethyst, and Emerald Quarries and Turquoise Mines in Egypt -- Mining of Flint and Obsidian -- Neolithic and Middle Paleolithic Flint and Other Tool-Materials -- Bronze Age Obsidian Quarry -- Metal, and Metal Mining and Smelting -- Firesetting -- Mining and Quarrying Tools -- Neolithic and Younger Mines -- Ancient Copper Mines -- Europe -- Southeast Europe -- Serbia -- Bulgaria -- Eastern and Central Mediterranean -- Greece and the Aegean Islands -- Cyprus -- Sardinia and Corsica -- Italy.

Iberia and the Western Mediterranean -- Southwest Spain -- Portugal -- Southeast and Central-East Spain -- Northern Spain -- France and the Western Alps -- Other Mines in Southern France -- The French Alps -- Northern Europe -- Ireland -- Britain -- Central and Eastern Europe -- The Austrian Mines -- Slovakia -- Southern Urals -- Near East -- Asia -- Ancient Tin Deposits -- Old World -- South America -- Ancient Lead, Silver, Gold, and Zinc Deposits -- Gold Mining -- Salt Mining and Production -- Ocher -- Hematite Mining -- Brick -- Wood and Reed (see also Hafting, Below) -- Lacquerware -- Bone -- Ivory -- Antler -- Leather and Rawhide -- Pottery and Ceramics (See Also Kilns, Pottery Wheels, Below) -- Ceramics -- Pottery -- Kilns -- Pottery Wheels -- Plaster and Bitumen -- Metal -- Gold -- Copper and Bronze -- Iron -- Glass -- Abrasives -- Containers -- Utensils -- Rope, String, Cords -- Hafting -- Middle Stone Age -- Late Stone Age -- Neolithic -- Post-Neolithic -- Warfare and Interpersonal Violence (See Also Hafting, Above) -- Summary -- Intraspecific Violence -- Evidence of Warfare -- Neolithic and Younger -- Fortification -- Projectiles -- Armor, Including Shields and Weapons -- Hafting (see above) -- Textiles, Clothing, Basketry, Matting, Wooden Containers -- Neolithic -- Copper Age -- Bronze Age -- Iron Age -- Dyeing Materials -- Bedding -- Stone Age -- Upper Paleolithic -- Neolithic -- Property (see also Trading and Transport of Materials) -- Trading and Transport of Materials -- Oldowan -- Early Stone Age -- Middle Stone Age/Middle Paleolithic -- Upper Paleolithic -- Natufian -- Neolithic -- Bronze Age -- Iron Age and Younger -- Transportation -- Summary -- Movement by Water and 'Boats' -- Inferential Data -- Indonesia and Nearby Islands -- Australia and New Guinea (Sahul) -- Islands East and North of Australia-New Guinea -- Bay of Bengal.

Mediterranean Region -- Actual Data -- Movement on Land -- Horse -- Carts, Wagons, Wheels, Axles -- Roads -- Heavy Transport -- Fire (refer to Diet also, above) -- Summary -- Evidence -- Lower Paleolithic -- Acheulian -- Middle Paleolithic -- Upper Paleolithic -- Neolithic and Later -- Architecture -- Shelter and Buildings -- Acheulian -- Earlier Paleolithic -- Middle Paleolithic -- Upper Paleolithic -- Natufian and Neolithic -- Door Locks -- Measurements and Numbers -- Scales, Balances, Weights -- Religion -- Shrines -- Divinities -- Burials, Afterlife, Memorials, and Monuments -- Summary -- Lower Paleolithic -- Middle Stone Age -- Late Paleolithic -- Natufian and Neolithic -- Neolithic -- Iron Age -- Egyptian -- Ur -- Bronze Age, Minoan, Greek, and Roman -- Cemeteries -- Cremations -- Gregariousness -- Slavery and Prostitution -- Mass Deportations -- Human Disease -- The Record -- Sources of Evidence Other Than Skeletal -- Mummies -- Feces -- Cancer -- Rheumatic and Arthritic Diseases, Joint Diseases -- Infectious Diseases -- Chagas Disease -- Smallpox -- Tuberculosis -- Peptic Ulcers and Helicobacter pylori -- Typhoid Fever -- Typhus -- Malaria -- Toxoplasmosis -- Leprosy -- Leishmaniasis -- Syphilis -- Lyme Disease -- Plague and Trench Fever -- Rabies -- Sinusitis -- Gout -- Sleeping Sickness -- Ergotism -- Rates of Evolution -- Diarrhea -- Amoebic Dysentery and Amoebic Liver Abscess -- Protozoans -- Lice and Fleas -- Lice -- Fleas -- Bedbugs -- Parasitic Diseases -- Helminths -- Giant Kidney Worm -- Schistosomiasis -- Roundworms -- Taenia Tapeworms -- Fish Tapeworm -- Whipworms -- Hookworms -- Lancet Fluke and Sheep Liver Fluke -- Guinea Worm -- Pinworm -- Echinostomiasis -- Anthracosis -- Lead Poisoning -- Osteomyelitis -- Rickets and Scurvy -- Caries in Humans -- Fractures -- Joint Disease -- Developmental Disorders.

Infanticide and Uxoricide -- Trepanation and Skull Deformation -- Cannabis and Opium -- Medicine and Medicinal Plants -- Care of the Handicapped -- Summary -- Early Paleolithic -- Middle Paleolithic -- Late Paleolithic -- Neolithic to Present -- Communication -- Language -- Writing -- Paper -- Art -- Summary -- Graphic Arts -- Lower Paleolithic -- Middle Paleolithic -- Upper Paleolithic -- Natufian -- Neolithic -- Plastic Arts -- Acheulian -- Middle Paleolithic -- Upper Paleolithic -- Natufian -- Neolithic -- Bronze Age -- Ornaments -- Summary -- Tattoos -- Decorative arts -- Jewelry -- Beads -- Acheulian -- Middle Stone Age -- Paleolithic -- Natufian -- Neolithic -- Bronze Age -- Iron Age -- Pendants -- Middle Paleolithic -- Upper Paleolithic -- Neolithic -- Bronze Age -- Bracelets and Headdresses -- Earrings -- Pearls and Mother of Pearl -- Quartz Crystals -- Various Minerals -- Amber and Lignite plus Jet -- Mirrors -- Feathers -- Fossils -- Ocher and Malachite (see also Beads, Pendants, Ocher Mining, and Burials) -- Abbevillian/Acheulian -- Middle Stone Age -- Upper Paleolithic -- Natufian -- Neolithic -- Music -- Cannibalism -- Executions, Human Sacrifice, Banishment, Crime, Suicide -- Clothing (see also above: Textiles, Clothing, and Basketry -- Beads and Pendants) -- Needles -- Lighting -- Calendar -- Games -- Migrations -- Miscellaneous -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Back cover.