From primitives to primates A history of ethnographic and primatological analogies in the study of prehistory

• Päätekijä: Van Reybrouck, David (auth)
• Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen Kirjan osa
• Kieli: englanti
• Julkaistu: Leiden Sidestone Press 2012
• Aiheet: Prehistoric archaeology; archaeology; prehistory; Palaeolithic; Neanderthal; primatology; history of archaeology
• Linkit: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating in-depth study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates how input from ethnography and primatology has deeply influenced our visions about the past from the 19th century to this day - often far beyond the available evidence. Victorian...