A long view of cumulative technological culture

A long view of cumulative technological culture

We agree that the emergence of cumulative technological culture was tied to nonsocial cognitive skills, namely, technical-reasoning skills, which allowed humans to constantly acquire and improve information. Our concern is with a reading of the history of cumulative technological culture that is bas...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2020-01, Vol.43, p.e174-e174, Article e174
Hauptverfasser: O'Brien, Michael J., Bentley, R. Alexander
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Culture
Experiments
Learning
Open Peer Commentary
Population
Research methodology
Success
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Zusammenfassung:We agree that the emergence of cumulative technological culture was tied to nonsocial cognitive skills, namely, technical-reasoning skills, which allowed humans to constantly acquire and improve information. Our concern is with a reading of the history of cumulative technological culture that is based largely on modern experiments in simulated settings and less on phenomena crucial to the long-term dynamics of cultural evolution.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X20000060