James Cole
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3581079 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | James Cole |
| NOMBRES | James |
| APELLIDO | Cole |
| FIRMA | COLE J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Brighton |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7009-5303 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 62 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1981 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Recent progress in studies of the last million years of human physical and behavioural evolution
This article presents a synthesis of recent developments in the study of human evolution over the past five years. It begins with an overview of hominin species nomenclature and diversity, followed by an examination of the proposed population bottleneck ∼900,000 years ago. The discussion then turns to the ongoing debate regarding the Last Common Ancestor (LCA) of Homo sapiens , Neanderthals, and Denisovans, contextualized within patterns of homin…
Kilombe Volcano, Kenya
Landscapes of Human Evolution
The Application of Elliptic Fourier Analysis in Understanding Biface Shape and Symmetry Through the British Acheulean
Less of a bird's song than a hard rock ensemble
Corbey et al. (2016) propose that the Acheulean handaxe was, at least in part, under genetic control. An alternative perspective is offered here, focusing on the nature of the Acheulean handaxe and the archaeological record, and re‐emphasizing their status as cultural artefacts. This is based on four main arguments challenging the proposals of Corbey et al. Firstly, handaxes do not have to track environmental variation to be a cultural artefact, …
From side to side
The Acheulean is defined by its iconic tool type, the handaxe, and a suite of other large cutting tools (LCTs). These tools retain information on technical and procedural practices concerned with the manufacture of these butchery tools and carcass processing knives. The Acheulean straddles the period in which more ancient hominin species (H. erectus and H. heidelbergensis) give way to archaic H. sapiens (sensu lato) amongst whom the ancestor of m…
Accessing Hominin Cognition
This chapter aims to bring the evolution of behavioral complexity and language together through the theoretical perspective of the identity model, which provides a clear link between the behavioral outputs of past hominins and a measure of their cognitive potential. The identity model proposes that in order for material culture to be imbued with symbolic social meaning, not only is a theory of mind (or second-order intentionality) essential, but …
The Acheulian Site at Rodafnidia, Lisvori, on Lesbos, Greece
Rethinking Human Responses to Sea-level Rise
This work provides new insights into human responses to and perceptions of sea-level rise at a time when the landscapes of north-west Europe were radically changing. These issues are investigated through a case study focused on the Channel Islands. We report on the excavation of two sites, Canal du Squez in Jersey and Lihou (GU582) in Guernsey, and the study of museum collections across the Channel Islands. We argue that people were drawn to this…
Handaxe symmetry in theLower and MiddlePalaeolithic
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Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution
This volume provides a landscape narrative of early hominin evolution, linking conventional material and geographic aspects of the early archaeological record with wider and more elusive social, cognitive and symbolic landscapes. It seeks to move beyond a limiting notion of early hominin culture and behaviour as dictated solely by the environment to present the early hominin world as the outcome of a dynamic dialogue between the physical environm…
The mirror cracked
Examining the Presence of Symmetry within Acheulean Handaxes
This paper examines the relationship between the presence of symmetry and the Acheulean biface within a predominantly British Lower Palaeolithic context. There has been a long-standing notion within Palaeolithic studies that Acheulean handaxes are symmetrical and become increasingly so as time progress as a reflection of increasing hominin cognitive and behavioural complexity. Specifically, the presence of symmetry within Acheulean handaxes is of…
Recent Work at the Lower Palaeolithic Site of Corfe Mullen, Dorset, England
Changes in the geological interpretation of the history of the ancient Solent river basin have focused attention on the handaxes discovered in the Corfe Mullen area during quarrying before the Second World War. Recent geological research suggests that the fluvial terrace the handaxes are associated with may pre-date the Anglian glaciation. This is important because it contributes to the question of just when the Solent basin was first occupied by…
Effects of Inference Requirements on Comprehension and Recognition of Metaphors
This study investigated the effects of inference requirements on the comprehension of metaphors and on the recognition of implicitly and explicitly stated metaphor components (topics, vehicles, grounds). Forty undergraduates were administered a computer-controlled comprehension task (using proportional metaphors), a recognition memory task (using key terms from the proportional metaphors), and a metaphor interpretation task. Analysis of latency a…
Shaohsing
Do Council Members Make a Difference in the Law and Order Investment
Previous research on the determinants of police expenditures has not risen to the level of empirical understanding in large part because it has failed to explain substantively important variation among local jurisdictions. This suggests a need to reevaluate research strategies and to examine closely those cases which cannot be predicted using traditional, social, economic, and environmental approaches. Incorporating deviant case analysis, the aut…
On Structural Effects in Criminal Justice Research
Previous attempts to ground structural effects have averaged the responses of individuals in survey research and consequently equate properties of the respondent with attributes of the system itself. This technique (Blau, 1960; 1974) generates philosophical controversy which can only be avoided by measuring properties of criminal justice agencies having no counterpart at the individual level (offenders, police, correctional workers) of analysis. …
Examining the Presence of Symmetry within Acheulean Handaxes
This paper examines the relationship between the presence of symmetry and the Acheulean biface within a predominantly British Lower Palaeolithic context. There has been a long-standing notion within Palaeolithic studies that Acheulean handaxes are symmetrical and become increasingly so as time progress as a reflection of increasing hominin cognitive and behavioural complexity. Specifically, the presence of symmetry within Acheulean handaxes is of…
From side to side
The Acheulean is defined by its iconic tool type, the handaxe, and a suite of other large cutting tools (LCTs). These tools retain information on technical and procedural practices concerned with the manufacture of these butchery tools and carcass processing knives. The Acheulean straddles the period in which more ancient hominin species (H. erectus and H. heidelbergensis) give way to archaic H. sapiens (sensu lato) amongst whom the ancestor of m…
The mirror cracked
Recent Work at the Lower Palaeolithic Site of Corfe Mullen, Dorset, England
Changes in the geological interpretation of the history of the ancient Solent river basin have focused attention on the handaxes discovered in the Corfe Mullen area during quarrying before the Second World War. Recent geological research suggests that the fluvial terrace the handaxes are associated with may pre-date the Anglian glaciation. This is important because it contributes to the question of just when the Solent basin was first occupied by…
Rethinking Human Responses to Sea-level Rise
This work provides new insights into human responses to and perceptions of sea-level rise at a time when the landscapes of north-west Europe were radically changing. These issues are investigated through a case study focused on the Channel Islands. We report on the excavation of two sites, Canal du Squez in Jersey and Lihou (GU582) in Guernsey, and the study of museum collections across the Channel Islands. We argue that people were drawn to this…
On Structural Effects in Criminal Justice Research
Previous attempts to ground structural effects have averaged the responses of individuals in survey research and consequently equate properties of the respondent with attributes of the system itself. This technique (Blau, 1960; 1974) generates philosophical controversy which can only be avoided by measuring properties of criminal justice agencies having no counterpart at the individual level (offenders, police, correctional workers) of analysis. …
Do Council Members Make a Difference in the Law and Order Investment
Previous research on the determinants of police expenditures has not risen to the level of empirical understanding in large part because it has failed to explain substantively important variation among local jurisdictions. This suggests a need to reevaluate research strategies and to examine closely those cases which cannot be predicted using traditional, social, economic, and environmental approaches. Incorporating deviant case analysis, the aut…
Shaohsing
Effects of Inference Requirements on Comprehension and Recognition of Metaphors
This study investigated the effects of inference requirements on the comprehension of metaphors and on the recognition of implicitly and explicitly stated metaphor components (topics, vehicles, grounds). Forty undergraduates were administered a computer-controlled comprehension task (using proportional metaphors), a recognition memory task (using key terms from the proportional metaphors), and a metaphor interpretation task. Analysis of latency a…
Recent Work at the Lower Palaeolithic Site of Corfe Mullen, Dorset, England
Changes in the geological interpretation of the history of the ancient Solent river basin have focused attention on the handaxes discovered in the Corfe Mullen area during quarrying before the Second World War. Recent geological research suggests that the fluvial terrace the handaxes are associated with may pre-date the Anglian glaciation. This is important because it contributes to the question of just when the Solent basin was first occupied by…
Handaxe symmetry in theLower and MiddlePalaeolithic
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution
This volume provides a landscape narrative of early hominin evolution, linking conventional material and geographic aspects of the early archaeological record with wider and more elusive social, cognitive and symbolic landscapes. It seeks to move beyond a limiting notion of early hominin culture and behaviour as dictated solely by the environment to present the early hominin world as the outcome of a dynamic dialogue between the physical environm…
The mirror cracked
Examining the Presence of Symmetry within Acheulean Handaxes
This paper examines the relationship between the presence of symmetry and the Acheulean biface within a predominantly British Lower Palaeolithic context. There has been a long-standing notion within Palaeolithic studies that Acheulean handaxes are symmetrical and become increasingly so as time progress as a reflection of increasing hominin cognitive and behavioural complexity. Specifically, the presence of symmetry within Acheulean handaxes is of…
Accessing Hominin Cognition
This chapter aims to bring the evolution of behavioral complexity and language together through the theoretical perspective of the identity model, which provides a clear link between the behavioral outputs of past hominins and a measure of their cognitive potential. The identity model proposes that in order for material culture to be imbued with symbolic social meaning, not only is a theory of mind (or second-order intentionality) essential, but …
The Acheulian Site at Rodafnidia, Lisvori, on Lesbos, Greece
Rethinking Human Responses to Sea-level Rise
This work provides new insights into human responses to and perceptions of sea-level rise at a time when the landscapes of north-west Europe were radically changing. These issues are investigated through a case study focused on the Channel Islands. We report on the excavation of two sites, Canal du Squez in Jersey and Lihou (GU582) in Guernsey, and the study of museum collections across the Channel Islands. We argue that people were drawn to this…
From side to side
The Acheulean is defined by its iconic tool type, the handaxe, and a suite of other large cutting tools (LCTs). These tools retain information on technical and procedural practices concerned with the manufacture of these butchery tools and carcass processing knives. The Acheulean straddles the period in which more ancient hominin species (H. erectus and H. heidelbergensis) give way to archaic H. sapiens (sensu lato) amongst whom the ancestor of m…
Less of a bird's song than a hard rock ensemble
Corbey et al. (2016) propose that the Acheulean handaxe was, at least in part, under genetic control. An alternative perspective is offered here, focusing on the nature of the Acheulean handaxe and the archaeological record, and re‐emphasizing their status as cultural artefacts. This is based on four main arguments challenging the proposals of Corbey et al. Firstly, handaxes do not have to track environmental variation to be a cultural artefact, …
The Application of Elliptic Fourier Analysis in Understanding Biface Shape and Symmetry Through the British Acheulean
Landscapes of Human Evolution
Kilombe Volcano, Kenya
Recent progress in studies of the last million years of human physical and behavioural evolution
This article presents a synthesis of recent developments in the study of human evolution over the past five years. It begins with an overview of hominin species nomenclature and diversity, followed by an examination of the proposed population bottleneck ∼900,000 years ago. The discussion then turns to the ongoing debate regarding the Last Common Ancestor (LCA) of Homo sapiens , Neanderthals, and Denisovans, contextualized within patterns of homin…
Archaeology (12 obras) · Geography (12 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (12 obras) · Acheulean (6 obras) · Geology (6 obras) · Pleistocene (6 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 obras) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (5 obras) · Psychology (5 obras) · Biology (4 obras)