Description: Convergent Evolution in Stone-tool Technology, Paperback by O'Brien, Michael J. (EDT); Buchanan, Briggs (EDT); Eren, Metin I. (EDT), ISBN 0262552086, ISBN-13 9780262552080, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Scholars from a variety of disciplines consider cases of convergence in lithic technology, when functional or developmental constraints result in similar forms in independent lineages. Hominins began using stone tools at least million years ago, perhaps even million years ago. Given the nearly ubiquitous use of stone tools by humans and their ancestors, the study of lithic technology offers an important line of inquiry into questions of evolution and behavior. This book examines convergence in stone tool-making, cases in which functional or developmental constraints result in similar forms in independent lineages. Identifying examples of convergence, and distinguishing convergence from divergence, refutes hypotheses that suggest physical or cultural connection between far-flung prehistoric toolmakers. Employing phylogenetic analysis and stone-tool replication, the contributors show that similarity of tools can be caused by such common constraints as the fracture properties of stone or adaptive challenges rather than such unlikely phenomena as migration of toolmakers over an Arctic ice shelf. Contributors R. Alexander Bentley, Briggs Buchanan, Marcelo Cardillo, Mathieu Charbonneau, Judith Charlin, Chris Clarkson, Loren G. Davis, Metin I. Eren, Peter Hiscock, Thomas A. Jennings, Steven L. Kuhn, Daniel E. Lieberman, George R. McGhee, Alex Mackay, Michael J. O'Brien, Charlotte D. Pevny, Ceri Shipton, Ashley M. Smallwood, Heather Smith, Jayne Wilkins, Samuel C. Willis, Nicolas Zayns
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Book Title: Convergent Evolution in Stone-Tool Technology
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Topic: Life Sciences / Evolution, Anthropology / General
Publication Year: 2024
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Briggs Buchanan
Item Width: 7 in
Book Series: Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
