Journal ArticleDOI
The evolution and cultural transmission of percussive technology: integrating evidence from palaeoanthropology and primatology
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
The distributions of the inferred cultural traits in the wild are used to assess how diffusion relates to geographic distances, and it is found that shared traits drop by 50% from the approximately eight characteristic of close neighbours over a distance of approximately 700 km.About:
This article is published in Journal of Human Evolution.The article was published on 2009-10-01. It has received 93 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Stone tool & Primatology.read more
Citations
More filters
Book
Divided Brains: The Biology and Behaviour of Brain Asymmetries
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the development of causation and its applications in science, as well as some of the theories and applications currently in use.
Journal ArticleDOI
Minds - Extended or Scaffolded
Kim Sterelny,Kim Sterelny +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that extended mind cases are limiting cases of environmental scaffolding, and while the extended mind picture is not false, the niche construction model is a more helpful framework for understanding human action.
Journal ArticleDOI
How do stone knappers predict and control the outcome of flaking? Implications for understanding early stone tool technology.
TL;DR: The evidence of precise control of conchoidal fracture in the Early Stone Age record may be indicative of the recurrence of a learning situation that allows the transmission of the skill, possibly through providing the opportunities for first-hand experience.
BookDOI
Sexual coercion in primates and humans : an evolutionary perspective on male aggression against females
TL;DR: Sexual Coercion in Humans and Other Primates: The Road Ahead Richard W. Wrangham and Martin N. Muller describe the evolution of sexual coercion with respect to Sexual Selection and Sexual Conflict Theory.
Journal ArticleDOI
The scope of culture in chimpanzees, humans and ancestral apes
TL;DR: Analysis of the features shared by chimpanzees and humans is used to infer the scope of cultural phenomena in the authors' last common ancestor, at the same time clarifying the nature of the special characteristics that advanced further in the hominin line.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Cultures in chimpanzees
Andrew Whiten,Jane Goodall,William C. McGrew,Toshisada Nishida,Vernon Reynolds,Yukimaru Sugiyama,Caroline E. G. Tutin,Richard W. Wrangham,Christophe Boesch +8 more
TL;DR: It is found that 39 different behaviour patterns, including tool usage, grooming and courtship behaviours, are customary or habitual in some communities but are absent in others where ecological explanations have been discounted.
Book
The Meme Machine
TL;DR: In this article, Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication, which leads to important discoveries about the nature of inner self.
Book
The Mentality of Apes
TL;DR: Koehler's analysis of the intelligence of higher primates marked a turning point in the psychology of thinking and the continuing struggle between behaviorism and cognitive psychology as discussed by the authors, but it was largely ignored for decades because it violated the conventional wisdom that animal behavior is simply the result of instinct or conditioning.
Book
The Hunters or the Hunted?: An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy
TL;DR: The Hunters or the Hunted? is a very important book for paleo-anthropology as discussed by the authors, which presents the first thorough analysis of the Sterkfontein Valley assemblages, contributes significantly to the resolution of lingering controversies and, by placing the old information in a fresh perspective, enables new and more sophisticated questions to be asked not only of the South African material but of similar assembls elsewhere.