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EARLY EVOLUTION OF HUMAN MEMORY - MICHAEL J WAL...

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. It synthesizes research from
comparative cognition  neuroscience  primatology as well as lithic archaeology  reviewing
findings on the cognitive ability of great apes to recognize the physical properties of an
object and then determine the most effective way in which to manipulate it as a tool to achieve
a specific goal. The authors argue that apes (Hominoidea) lack the human cognitive ability of
imagining how to blend reality  which requires drawing on memory in order to envisage
alternative future situations  and thereby modifying behavior determined by procedural memory.
This book reviews neuroscientific findings on short-term working memory  long-term procedural
memory  prospective memory  and imaginative forward thinking in relation to manual behavior.
Since the manipulation of objects by Hominoidea in the wild (particularly in order to obtain
food) is regarded as underlying the evolution of behavior in early Hominids  contrasts are
highlighted between the former and the latter  especially the cognitive implications of ancient
stone-tool preparation.

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