Publication: Paleospecies as cognitive construct: The meme of “Homo floresiensis”
Paleospecies as cognitive construct: The meme of “Homo floresiensis”
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Eckhardt, R. B., & Henneberg, M. (2021). Paleospecies as cognitive construct: The meme of “Homo floresiensis.” Anthropological Review, 84(3), 317–336. https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2021-0023
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Creation and subsequent abandonment of a number of earlier species considered human ancestors: Eoanthropus dawsoni, Hesperopithecus haroldcooki, Homo gardarensis and Ramapithecus punjabicus is presented using cases from the history of science. This review indicates that the fossil evidence for these species has been questionable from the beginning but that mental images – memes – they invoked were attractive to students of human evolution and as such persisted even if not confirmed by further finds, with new research still being dispu
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- Eckhardt, Robert B
- Henneberg, Maciej
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Eckhardt, R. B., & Henneberg, M. (2021). Paleospecies as cognitive construct: The meme of “Homo floresiensis.” Anthropological Review, 84(3), 317–336. https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2021-0023
