Ten Nodes of Symbolizing Humanity: From the First Hominin to the Neolithic (Logarithmic Evolutionary Time, #3)

Ten Nodes of Symbolizing Humanity applies a scientific model of logarithmic time to human cultural evolution, charting how symbolic capacity unfolded in distinct, accelerating stages over the last 8 million years. Beginning with the first hominins and culminating near the rise of civilization, this work identifies ten major nodes of symbolic emergence—from habitual bipedalism and the earliest stone tools to abstract image-making and burial of the dead. Each node is supported by archaeologic...