Culture History and Convergent Evolution

The book "Culture History and Convergent Evolution" offers a comprehensive analysis of the interactions between cultural transmission and convergent evolution in human history. It brings together contributions from leading archaeologists and paleoanthropologists who explore various temporal and spatial aspects of human evolution. The focus is on lithic technology and the examination of ancient materials and cultures to illuminate the theoretical and physical dimensions of culture, convergence, and populations. Readers are introduced to the early phases of human history, with the book addressing the convergent evolution of behaviors and the ecological conditions that favor different evolutionary paths. It discusses developments in the Lower and Middle Paleolithic and highlights the cultural convergences and divergences that occurred during the Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene. This comprehensive analysis is of great interest to academics, students, and researchers in the fields of archaeology, paleoanthropology, genetics, and paleontology.