Cognitive Changes and the Emergence of Modern Humans in Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7700523 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Mellars (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-76 |
| Publication date | 1991-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0959774300000251 |
| OpenAlex | W1984297627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 88 |
| References cited | 37 |
Explicitly symbolic behaviour is usually seen as the hallmark of the behavioural transition from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic in Europe. It is suggested here that this new symbolic component is reflected not only in art and personal ornamentation, but also in the design and form of stone tools, and perhaps also in features such as the organization of living structures. All these new features could be argued to reflect the emergence of typically Upper Palaeolithic ‘culture’ and technology. Whether these features can be correlated directly with the transition from archaic to modern skeletal forms remains more problematic; and whether the changes need reflect any significant shift in the neurological capacities for behaviour and cognition is equally controversial
Biology · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Component (thermodynamics · Transition (genetics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Neuroscience · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Psychology
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The Obsidian Evidence for the Scale of Social Life during the Palaeolithic
The Evolution of Language
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The Archaeology of Archaic and Early ModernHomo Sapiens
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Communication and Material Culture
Socialising landscapes
The revolution that wasn't
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Success of a flexible behavior. Considerations on the manufacture of Late Epigravettian lithic projectile implements according to experimental tests
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The Chronometric Dating and Subsistence of Late Neanderthals and Early Anatomically Modern Humans in the Central Balkans
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The Neanderthal Problem Continued
The Human revolution
The roots of civilization
Faunal remains from Klasies River mouth
The Ecological Basis of Social Complexity in the Upper Paleolithic of Southwestern France
Prehistoric hunter-gatherers
Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution
Thermoluminescence dates for the Neanderthal burial site at Kebara in Israel
Emergence of Modern Humans
The Middle-Upper Paleolithic Transition in Israel: Technological Analysis
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Les manifestations graphiques aurignaciennes sur support rocheux des environs des Eyzies (Dordogne)
Human ancestors
Middle paleolithic symbolism
Chronologie des grottes d'Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne)
The basicranium of fossil hominids as an indicator of their upper respiratory systems
Aurignacian signs, pendants and art objects in Central and Eastern Europe
The Archaeology of Perception
Grave Shortcomings
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Rethinking the Middle/Upper Paleolithic Transition [and Comments and Replies]
The emergence of modern humans
On the Origins of Language
Hominid species and stone-tool assemblages
The Châtelperronian in French Archaeology
The Neandertals and Modern Human Origins
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| Unique citing works | 88 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,51 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2025 (35) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 86 |