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The Use of tools by human and non-human primates /

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Compares the results, and considers the fabrication and use of tools in the course of human evolution, and analyzes the movements dictated to the brain. Tools of wood, stone and metal have often been influenced by needs imposed by the environment leading to technical progress.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Berthelet, A. (Arlette) (Editor), Chavaillon, Jean (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1993.
Series:Oxford science publications.
Fyssen Foundation symposium.
Subjects:
Tools > Congresses.
Tool use in animals > Congresses.
Tools, Prehistoric > Congresses.
Brain > Physiology > Congresses.
Motor ability > Physiological aspects > Congresses.
Ethnology.
Animal behavior.
Primates.
Anthropology, Cultural
Behavior, Animal
Primates
Brain > physiology
Motor Skills > physiology
Ethnology
Usage de l'instrument chez les animaux > Congrès.
Outils préhistoriques > Congrès.
Cerveau > Physiologie > Congrès.
Activité motrice > Aspect physiologique > Congrès.
Ethnologie.
Animaux > Mœurs et comportement.
social anthropology.
ethnology.
Primates (order)
Animal behavior
Brain > Physiology
Motor ability > Physiological aspects
Tool use in animals
Tools
Tools, Prehistoric
Gereedschappen.
Prehistorie.
Mensen.
Primaten.
Outils > Congrès.
Animaux > Moeurs et comportement > Congrès.
Anthropologie > Congrès.
Electronic books.
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Compares the results, and considers the fabrication and use of tools in the course of human evolution, and analyzes the movements dictated to the brain. Tools of wood, stone and metal have often been influenced by needs imposed by the environment leading to technical progress.
Item Description:Papers presented at a conference held in Versailles from 25 to 29 November 1988.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 424 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780191688652
0191688657