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. 2012 Aug;35(4):230-1.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001919. Epub 2012 Jun 15.

Prosthetic gestures: how the tool shapes the mind

Lambros Malafouris  1
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Prosthetic gestures: how the tool shapes the mind

Lambros Malafouris. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Aug.

Abstract

I agree with Vaesen that it is a mistake to discard tool use as a hallmark of human cognition. I contend, nonetheless, that tools are not simply external markers of a distinctive human mental architecture. Rather, they actively and meaningfully participate in the process by which hominin brains and bodies make up their sapient minds.

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