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. 2012 Aug;35(4):235-6.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X1100207X. Epub 2012 Jun 15.

Look, no hands!

Eric M Patterson  1 , Janet Mann
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Look, no hands!

Eric M Patterson et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Aug.

Abstract

Contrary to Vaesen's argument that humans are unique with respect to nine cognitive capacities essential for tool use, we suggest that although such cognitive processes contribute to variation in tool use, it does not follow that these capacities are necessary for tool use, nor that tool use shaped cognition per se, given the available data in cognitive neuroscience and behavioral biology.

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