Why do men and women think differently? Why do they behave differently in stressed
situations? Why do women act more emotionally as compared to men? Why do men and …

Population-level right-handedness is a defining characteristic of humans. Despite extensive
research, we still do not know the conditions or timing of its emergence in human evolution …

The chimpanzee of all other living species is our closest relation, with whom we last shared
a common ancestor about five million years ago. These African apes make and use a rich …

This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in
particular the origins of syntax. The authors draw on evidence from areas such as …

In recent years, there has been a tendency to correlate the origin of modern culture and
language with that of anatomically modern humans. Here we discuss this correlation in the …

Although archaeological evidence may express the results of several seasons of activity, the
human skeleton, when correlated with archaeological and ethnographic data, provides …

The question addressed by this volume is how human beings have evolved as creatures
who can make and use more complex tools, communicate in more complex ways, and …

The question of how modern human behaviour emerged from pre-human hominid
behaviour is central to discussions of human evolution. This important book argues that the …

The last decade has seen a resurgence of interest in laterality of function in primates,
especially in hand use as it links to handedness and language in Homo sapiens. Manual …

The presence of gross preferentially distributed striations on the buccal surfaces of
permanent anterior teeth of Neandertal individuals from La Quina, Hortus and Angles-sur …