Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity
Author:   Scott A. Elias, PhD (Retired Professor of Quaternary Studies and Paleoecology at Royal Holloway, University of London Current Research Affiliate, Quaternary Entomology, UC Boulder)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Volume:   16
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9780444538215


Pages:   140
Publication Date:   25 July 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Developments in Quaternary Science Volume 16

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Author:   Scott A. Elias, PhD (Retired Professor of Quaternary Studies and Paleoecology at Royal Holloway, University of London Current Research Affiliate, Quaternary Entomology, UC Boulder)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Ltd
Volume:   16
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780444538215


ISBN 10:   0444538216
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   25 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Origins of human innovation and creativity: breaking old paradigms, Scott EliasThe problem of stasis in stone tool technology during the Early Pleistocene, Clive GambleNorth African origins of symbolically mediated behaviour and the Aterian, Francesco D’Errico & Nick BartonPersonal ornaments and symbolism among the Neanderthals, Zoão ZilhãoInvention, re-invention and innovation: the makings of Oldowan lithic technology, Erella HoversEmergent patterns of creativity and innovation in early technologies, Steven L. KuhnEvolutionary ecology of creativity, John HoffeckerClimate, creativity and competition: evaluating the Neanderthal ‘glass ceiling’, William Davies

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Prof. Scott A. Elias is a retired Professor of Quaternary Science at Royal Holloway, University of London, from 2000 to 2017. Before this, he was a Fellow of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado from 1983 to 2000, where he earned his PhD in Environmental Biology. Elias has authored 226 publications. Since 2006, he has been Editor-in-Chief of three Elsevier encyclopaedias and co-editor-in-chief of four encyclopaedias and one comprehensive reference work. He was the founding editor-in-chief of the Elsevier Reference Collection in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences.

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