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Symmetry in knapped stones is real, not romanced

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2003

Diane Humphrey
Diane Humphrey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, King's College, London, Ontario N6A 2M3, [email protected]
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Abstract

It appears that knappers intentionally produced symmetrical stones. Use of the dorsal pathways in knapping does not preclude shape perception, nor does it obviate use of ventral pathways in other tasks in Homo sapiens 400,000 years ago. Shape perception precedes production in present-day human infants, suggesting that symmetry perception was used by knappers of symmetrical stones.

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Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , June 2002 , pp. 409 - 410
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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