Abstract
The first colonization of the Greater Australian continent, known as Sahul, indicated that humans had modern cognitive ability. Such modern human abilities probably emerged earlier in Africa. I will argue that the only way we can identify what constitutes modern human behavior is to look at the record in Australia - the first place colonized only by modern humans. I place this argument within recent theorizing about cognitive evolution.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | S177-S189 |
| Journal | Current Anthropology |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | Supplement 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas
- Archaeological Science
- Archaeology of Australia (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
- Cognitive Science
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology
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