Cathedrals, symphony orchestras, and iPhones: the cultural basis of modern technology
- PMID: 22697489
- DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X11001920
Cathedrals, symphony orchestras, and iPhones: the cultural basis of modern technology
Abstract
The distinctions drawn by Vaesen are plausible when we are comparing chimpanzees and human beings somewhere between the middle Paleolithic and the Neolithic. But since then new kinds of organization have vastly outstripped these neurological differences to account for the enormous advancement of human technology - from cuneiform to the iPhone - leaving our remarkable evolutionary cousins far behind.
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From individual cognition to populational culture.Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Aug;35(4):245-62. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x11002196. Behav Brain Sci. 2012. PMID: 22966488
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The cognitive bases of human tool use.Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Aug;35(4):203-18. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001452. Epub 2012 Jun 15. Behav Brain Sci. 2012. PMID: 22697258
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