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From individual cognition to populational culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2012

Krist Vaesen
Krist Vaesen
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Philosophy & Ethics, School of Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands. k.vaesen@tue.nl http://home.ieis.tue.nl/kvaesen
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Abstract

In my response to the commentaries from a collection of esteemed researchers, I reassess and eventually find largely intact my claim that human tool use evidences higher social and non-social cognitive ability. Nonetheless, I concede that my examination of individual-level cognitive traits does not offer a full explanation of cumulative culture yet. For that, one needs to incorporate them into population-dynamic models of cultural evolution. I briefly describe my current and future work on this.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , August 2012 , pp. 245 - 262
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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