Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 2

Introduction.- The Cognition of Homo neanderthalensis and H. Sapiens: Does the Use of Pigment Necessarily Imply Symbolic Thought?.- Comparisons between Individual, Imitative and Instructed Learning.- The Ability to Objectify Conventional Styles of Problem-Solving: A Hypothesis on the Difference in Learning Ability between Modern Humans and Neanderthals.- Cognitive Flexibility and Object-making in Baka Pygmy Children.- The Demonstration of Resilience in the Drawings of Baka Pygmy Children.- Social Learning, Trial-and-Error, and Creativity.- Experimental Studies of Modern Human Social and Individual Learning in an Archaeological Context: People Behave Adaptively, But within Limits.- Motion Analysis for Stone-Knapping of the Skilled Levallois Technique.- Daily Physical Activity and Time-Space Using of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers' Children in Southeast Cameroon.- Estimation of the Period of Childhood and Child Growth Characteristics of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers in Southeast Cameroon.- Interpretations of Practical Population Genetics Analyses of Genome-Wide SNP Data on Human Demography.- Functional Craniology, Human Evolution, and Anatomical Constraints in the Neanderthal Braincase.- Cerebral Sulci and Gyri Observed on Macaque Endocasts.- The Coronal Suture as an Indicator of the Caudal Border of the Monkey Prefrontal Cortex.- Application of Sliding Landmark Method for Morphological Analysis of Modern Japanese Neurocranial Shape.- A Geometric Morphometric Study of Neurocranial Shape Variations in the Crania of Modern Japanese.- Statistical Interpolation of Missing Parts in Human Crania Using Regularized Multivariate Linear Regression Analysis.- Transferring Semi-Landmarks by Minimizing Bending Energy on Surfaces.- CT Image Segmentation for Bone Structures Using Image-Based FEM.- Virtual Endocast of Qafzeh 9: A Preliminary Assessment of Right-Left Asymmetry.- Reconstruction of the Brain from Skull Fossils Using Computational Anatomy.- Integrated Analytical Scheme for Comparing Neanderthal’s Brain to Modern Human Brain Using Neuroimaging Techniques.- Cerebellar Size Estimation from Endocranial Measurements: An Evaluation Based on MRI Data.- Sense of Acceptance: Key Factor of Social Learning.- 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.- Neural Substrates Associated with Motivation to Learn in Modern Humans.