John Pfeiffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3693884 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Pfeiffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Pfeiffer |
| SIGNATURE | PFEIFFER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Michigan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5368-0589 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 203 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Why the West Rules—for Now
An appreciation of Ian Morris's magisterially synthesized Why the West Rules requires attention to a short roll of other “grand narrative” historiographical hybrids that, like West, join erudition and polemic. With Morris's book as a wonderfully illuminated representative, this recent crop of books may be the most useful ever in reporting the advanced and promising and precarious state of social order in the world: Prestigious titles are Richard …
Rethinking the Middle/Upper Paleolithic Transition [and Comments and Replies]
This paper critically examines previous statements concerning the nature of the Middle/Upper Paleolithic transition in Western Europe. Mellars's overview of the transition in southwestern France forms the point of departure for discussion. Several of Mellars's contentions are modified in light of methodological weaknesses and recently available data. It is suggested that many observed Middle/Upper Paleolithic differences are best understood with …
Primate Communication and the Gestural Origin of Language [and Comments and Reply]
Wallace, Tylor, Wundt, Johannesson, and others have proposed that human language had its basis in hand and arm gestures. The Gardners' work with the chimpanzee Washoe, Premack's study of the chimpanzee Sarah, and continuing experiments along these lines indicate that neural restructuring would not have been necessary for the protohominid acquisition of a simple propositional gesture or sign language which did not involve cross-modal transfer at a…
The Human Revolution [and Comments and Reply]
Except for an introductory discussion of methodology, this paper is an effort at a narrative account of the evolution of our ancestors from proto-hominoid times to the earliest fully human stage
Rethinking the Middle/Upper Paleolithic Transition [and Comments and Replies]
This paper critically examines previous statements concerning the nature of the Middle/Upper Paleolithic transition in Western Europe. Mellars's overview of the transition in southwestern France forms the point of departure for discussion. Several of Mellars's contentions are modified in light of methodological weaknesses and recently available data. It is suggested that many observed Middle/Upper Paleolithic differences are best understood with …
Primate Communication and the Gestural Origin of Language [and Comments and Reply]
Wallace, Tylor, Wundt, Johannesson, and others have proposed that human language had its basis in hand and arm gestures. The Gardners' work with the chimpanzee Washoe, Premack's study of the chimpanzee Sarah, and continuing experiments along these lines indicate that neural restructuring would not have been necessary for the protohominid acquisition of a simple propositional gesture or sign language which did not involve cross-modal transfer at a…
The Human Revolution [and Comments and Reply]
Except for an introductory discussion of methodology, this paper is an effort at a narrative account of the evolution of our ancestors from proto-hominoid times to the earliest fully human stage
The Human Revolution [and Comments and Reply]
Except for an introductory discussion of methodology, this paper is an effort at a narrative account of the evolution of our ancestors from proto-hominoid times to the earliest fully human stage
Primate Communication and the Gestural Origin of Language [and Comments and Reply]
Wallace, Tylor, Wundt, Johannesson, and others have proposed that human language had its basis in hand and arm gestures. The Gardners' work with the chimpanzee Washoe, Premack's study of the chimpanzee Sarah, and continuing experiments along these lines indicate that neural restructuring would not have been necessary for the protohominid acquisition of a simple propositional gesture or sign language which did not involve cross-modal transfer at a…
Rethinking the Middle/Upper Paleolithic Transition [and Comments and Replies]
This paper critically examines previous statements concerning the nature of the Middle/Upper Paleolithic transition in Western Europe. Mellars's overview of the transition in southwestern France forms the point of departure for discussion. Several of Mellars's contentions are modified in light of methodological weaknesses and recently available data. It is suggested that many observed Middle/Upper Paleolithic differences are best understood with …
Why the West Rules—for Now
An appreciation of Ian Morris's magisterially synthesized Why the West Rules requires attention to a short roll of other “grand narrative” historiographical hybrids that, like West, join erudition and polemic. With Morris's book as a wonderfully illuminated representative, this recent crop of books may be the most useful ever in reporting the advanced and promising and precarious state of social order in the world: Prestigious titles are Richard …
History (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works)