This work examines the cognitive capacity of great apes in order to better understand early man and the importance of memory in the evolutionary process.
While scientific discussion continues regarding the precise impact of Neandertals upon modern human physiology and biology, The People of Palomas adds significantly to our knowledge of the human fossil record of the Late Pleistocene.
This is the guide book to the Early Prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula, updated with the basic data furnished by the main sites for the Human Evolution in Spain and Gibraltar.
"Cognitive Models in Palaeolithic Archaeology grew out of a specialized thematic session that we organized for the 2013 meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution"--Preface.