The Evolution of Human Hunting
The successful early adaptations of man involve a complex interplay of biological and cultural factors. There is a rapidly growing number of paleontologists and paleoanthropologists who are concerned with hominid foraging and the evolution of hunting. New
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The Evolution of Human Hunting Edited IJy
Matthe. H. Nlteckl Ind
Dorl. V. Nlteckl Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, Illinois
PLENUM PRESS • NEW YORK AND LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Spring Systematics Symposium (9th: 1986: Chicago, III.) The evolution of human hunting / edited by Matthew H. Nitecki and Doris V. Nitecki. p. cm. "Proceedings of the Field Museum of Natural History Ninth Annual Spring Systematics Symposium on the Evolution of Human Hunting, held May 10, 1986, in Chicago, Illinois." Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-4684-8835-7 ISBN 978-1-4684-8833-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4684-8833-3 1. Hunting. Primitive-Congresses. I. Nitecki, Matthew H. II. Nitecki, Doris V. III. Title. GT5820.S97 1986 87-34302 639'.1'0901-dc19 CIP
Proceedings of the Field Museum of Natural History Ninth Annual Spring Systematics Symposium on the Evolution of Human Hunting, held May 10, 1986, in Chicago, Illinois
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Preface The successful early adaptations of man involve a complex interplay of biological and cultural factors. There is a rapidly growing number of paleontologists and paleoanthropologists who are concerned with hominid foraging and the evolution of hunting. New techniques of paleoanthropology and taphonomy, and new information on human remains are added to the traditional approaches to the study of past human hunting and other foraging behavior. There is also a resurgence of interest in the early peopling of the New World. The present book is the result of the Ninth Annual Spring Systematics Symposium, on the Evolution of Human Hunting, held on May 10, 1986, in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. We are grateful to the NSF (grant no. BNS 8519960) for partial financial support in arranging the symposium. In preparation of this volume we have received assistance from many people, particularly the reviewers of individual chapters; it is impossible to name them all. We must however single out Drs. Richard G. Klein and Glen H. Cole for their encouragement at various stages of preparation of the symposium and this volume, and for being a help to the anthropological knowledge. Zbigniew Jastrzebski assisted with the figures and Paul K. Johnson diligently typed the camera-ready copy, and patiently coordinated the endless book-making chores. Matthew H. Nitecki Doris V. Nitecki
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Contents
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The idea of human hunting
Matthew H Nitecki Reconstructing how early people exploited animals: problems and prospects Richard G. Klein
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Were there elephant hunters at Torralba?
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Lewis R Binford Bodies, brawn, brains and noses: 107
human ancestors
