A critical note on Mcbrearty and Brooks (2000) “The revolution that wasn’t”
McBrearty and Brooks (2000) provide us with a very important review of the African archaeological evidence. Two core claims are offered from that review: (1) modern behavior emerges gradually, not abruptly; and (2) it emerges in Africa, not in Europe. According to both claims, McBrearty and Brooks c...
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| description | McBrearty and Brooks (2000) provide us with a very important review of the African archaeological evidence. Two core claims are offered from that review: (1) modern behavior emerges gradually, not abruptly; and (2) it emerges in Africa, not in Europe. According to both claims, McBrearty and Brooks criticize the “human revolution” model. My paper aims at showing that the second claim is not denied by any of the proponents of such a model. In fact, all of them consider modern behaviour to have emerged in Africa, not in Europe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b2bfd03dcde455684497b0942d4908b2022-12-22T00:35:47ZengEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaZephyrus0514-73362386-39432010-08-016302332477083A critical note on Mcbrearty and Brooks (2000) “The revolution that wasn’t”Víctor Manuel LONGA MARTÍNEZ0Universidad de Santiago de CompostelaMcBrearty and Brooks (2000) provide us with a very important review of the African archaeological evidence. Two core claims are offered from that review: (1) modern behavior emerges gradually, not abruptly; and (2) it emerges in Africa, not in Europe. According to both claims, McBrearty and Brooks criticize the “human revolution” model. My paper aims at showing that the second claim is not denied by any of the proponents of such a model. In fact, all of them consider modern behaviour to have emerged in Africa, not in Europe.https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0514-7336/article/view/7231modelo de “revolución humana”conducta modernasally mcbreartyallison brookspaleolítico superior |
| spellingShingle | Víctor Manuel LONGA MARTÍNEZ A critical note on Mcbrearty and Brooks (2000) “The revolution that wasn’t” Zephyrus modelo de “revolución humana” conducta moderna sally mcbrearty allison brooks paleolítico superior |
| title | A critical note on Mcbrearty and Brooks (2000) “The revolution that wasn’t” |
| title_full | A critical note on Mcbrearty and Brooks (2000) “The revolution that wasn’t” |
| title_fullStr | A critical note on Mcbrearty and Brooks (2000) “The revolution that wasn’t” |
| title_full_unstemmed | A critical note on Mcbrearty and Brooks (2000) “The revolution that wasn’t” |
| title_short | A critical note on Mcbrearty and Brooks (2000) “The revolution that wasn’t” |
| title_sort | critical note on mcbrearty and brooks 2000 the revolution that wasn t |
| topic | modelo de “revolución humana” conducta moderna sally mcbrearty allison brooks paleolítico superior |
| url | https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0514-7336/article/view/7231 |
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