The Cradle of Thought
Growth, Learning, Play and Attachment in Neanderthal Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9336366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Spikins (0000-0002-9174-5168, Department of Archaeology University of York King's Manor York YO1 7EP, corresponding author), Gail Hitchens (0000-0002-8559-0366, Department of Archaeology University of York King's Manor York YO1 7EP), Andy Needham (0000-0003-4302-1568, Department of Archaeology University of York King's Manor York YO1 7EP), Holly Rutherford (Department of Archaeology University of York King's Manor York YO1 7EP) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-134 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oxford Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0262-5253 • E-ISSN: 1468-0092 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ojoa.12030 |
| OpenAlex | W1921971405 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 113 |
Childhood is a core stage in development, essential in the acquisition of social, practical and cultural skills. However, this area receives limited attention in archaeological debate, especially in early prehistory. We here consider N eanderthal childhood, exploring the experience of N eanderthal children using biological, cultural and social evidence. We conclude that N eanderthal childhood experience was subtly different from that of their modern human counterparts, orientated around a greater focus on social relationships within their group. Neanderthal children, as reflected in the burial record, may have played a particularly significant role in their society, especially in the domain of symbolic expression. A consideration of childhood informs broader debates surrounding the subtle differences between N eanderthals and modern humans
Archaeological record · Archaeology · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Ethnology · Expression (computer science · Neanderthal · Prehistory · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Psychology
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Hunter-gatherer children in the past
The thinking Neanderthals
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Magdalenian Children
The Geography of Trust and Betrayal
Social Learning and Innovation in Adolescence
Hunting lessons
The Bioarchaeology of Children
Emotion in Social Relations
The Human Career
Attachment Security, Compassion, and Altruism
The Evolution and Functions of Laughter and Humor
Neanderthal Cannibalism at Moula-Guercy, Ardèche, France
Isotopic evidence for the diets of European Neanderthals and early modern humans
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Surprisingly rapid growth in Neanderthals
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Neanderthal brain size at birth provides insights into the evolution of human life history
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Genetic evidence for patrilocal mating behavior among Neandertal groups
Upper Palaeolithic infant burials
How Neanderthal molar teeth grew
Brain development after birth differs between Neanderthals and modern humans
Children and Material Culture
Postcranial skeleton of a Neandertal child from Kiik-Koba, U.S.S.R
New human remains from Kebara Cave (Mount Carmel). The place of the Kebara hominids in the Levantine Mousterian fossil record
Neandertal cold adaptation
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Attachment theory and emotions in close relationships
Child's play
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Pandora's growing box
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Middle paleolithic symbolism
Environmental change and the arrival of people in the Australian region
Patterns of Trauma among the Neandertals
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Differences in Subadult Behaviors of Chimpanzees Living in Peer Groups and in a Family Group
Social rehabilitation of isolate-reared monkeys
Une donnée peu connue sur la sépulture du premier adulte de La Ferrassie (Savignac-de-Miremont, Dordogne)/A little known element concerning the burial of the first adult at La Ferrassie (Savignac-de-Miremont, Dordogne)
Is this the infancy of art? Or the art of an infant? A possible Neanderthal face from La Roche-Cotard, France
Raw material economy in Salento (Apulia, Italy)
Neandertal Social Structure
The British Palaeolithic
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The excavation of buried articulated Neanderthal skeletons at Sima de las Palomas (Murcia, SE Spain)
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The Excavations in Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel [and Comments and Replies]
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Incidence and patterning of dental enamel hypoplasia among the Neandertals
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Neanderthal infant burial from the Dederiyeh cave in Syria
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A Neandertal infant from Amud Cave, Israel
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The Roc de Marsal Neandertal child
Goodwill hunting? Debates over the 'meaning' of Lower Palaeolithic handaxe form revisited
Trois nouveaux squelettes humains fossiles
A Neanderthal face? The proto-figurine from La Roche-Cotard, Langeais (Indreet-Loire, France)
High resolution Neanderthals? Interpreting middle palaeolithic intrasite spatial data
Energetics, Locomotion, and Female Reproduction
Neanderthal Burials
Making Friends, Making Tools, and Making Symbols
Sleeping Activity Area within the Site Structure of Archaic Human Groups
What's a Mother to Do
| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |