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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7125| Title: | The Colonization of Australia and Its Adjacent Islands and the Evolution of Modern Cognition | Contributor(s): | Davidson, Iain (author) |
Publication Date: | 2010 | DOI: | 10.1086/650694 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7125 | 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. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Current Anthropology, 51(Supplement 1), p. S177-S189 | Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1537-5382 0011-3204 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 210103 Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas 210104 Archaeology of Australia (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) 210102 Archaeological Science 170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified 210101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950503 Understanding Australias Past 950501 Understanding Africas Past 950504 Understanding Europes Past |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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