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. 2020 Aug 10:43:e164.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X20000059.

Where does the elephant come from? The evolution of causal cognition is the key

Peter Gärdenfors  1   2   3 , Anders Högberg  2   3   4 , Marlize Lombard  2   3
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Where does the elephant come from? The evolution of causal cognition is the key

Peter Gärdenfors et al. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

Osiurak and Reynaud do not explain the evolutionary emergence and development of the elephant in the room, that is, technical cognition. We first argue that there is a tight correlation between the evolution of cumulative technological culture (CTC) and the evolution of reasoning about abstract forces. Second, intentional teaching plays a greater role in CTC evolution than acknowledged in the target article.

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