Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 2

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Cognition of Homo neanderthalensis and H. sapiens: Does the Use of Pigment Necessarily Imply Symbolic Thought?

Chapter 3 Comparisons Between Individual, Imitative and Instructed Learning

Chapter 4 The Ability to Objectify Conventional Styles of Problem-Solving: A Hypothesis on the Difference in Learning Ability Between Modern Humans and Neanderthals

Chapter 5 Cognitive Flexibility and Making Objects in Baka Pygmy Children

Chapter 6 The Demonstration of Resilience in the Drawings of Baka Pygmy Children

Chapter 7 Social Learning, Trial-and-Error, and Creativity

Chapter 8 Experimental Studies of Modern Human Social and Individual Learning in an Archaeological Context: People Behave Adaptively, But Within Limits

Chapter 9 Motion Analysis for Stone-Knapping of the Skilled Levallois Technique

Chapter 10 Daily Physical Activity and Time-Space Using of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers’ Children in Southeast Cameroon

Chapter 11 Estimation of the Period of Childhood and Child Growth Characteristics of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers in Southeast Cameroon

Chapter 12 Interpretations of Practical Population Genetics Analyses of Genome-Wide SNP Data on Human Demography

Chapter 13 Functional Craniology, Human Evolution, and Anatomical Constraints in the Neanderthal Braincase

Chapter 14 Cerebral Sulci and Gyri Observed on Macaque Endocasts

Chapter 16 Application of Sliding Landmark Method for Morphological Analysis of Modern Japanese Neurocranial Shape

Chapter 17 A Geometric Morphometric Study of Neurocranial Shape Variations in the Crania of Modern Japanese

Chapter 18 Statistical Interpolation of Missing Parts in Human Crania Using Regularized Multivariate Linear Regression Analysis

Chapter 19 Transferring Semi-Landmarks by Minimizing Bending Energy on Surfaces

Chapter 20 CT Image Segmentation for Bone Structures Using Image-Based FEM

Chapter 21 Virtual Endocast of Qafzeh 9: A Preliminary Assessment of Right-Left Asymmetry

Chapter 22 Reconstruction of the Brain from Skull Fossils Using Computational Anatomy

Chapter 23 Integrated Analytical Scheme for Comparing the Neanderthal Brain to Modern Human Brain Using Neuroimaging Techniques

Chapter 24 Cerebellar Size Estimation from Endocranial Measurements: An Evaluation Based on MRI Data

Chapter 25 Sense of Acceptance: Key Factor of Social Learning

Chapter 26 Brain Activation Related to the Imitative Learning of Bodily Actions Observed During the Construction of a Mousterian Stone Tool: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Chapter 27 Neural Substrates Associated with Motivation to Learn in Modern Humans