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Footloose and fossil-free no more: Evolutionary psychology needs archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2003

Valerie E. Stone
Valerie E. Stone
Affiliation:
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Program, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208-2478 [email protected] http://www.du.edu/~vstone
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Abstract

Evolutionary theories of human cognition should refer to specific times in the primate or hominid past. Though alternative accounts of tool manufacture from Wynn's are possible (e.g., frontal lobe function), Wynn demonstrates the power of archaeology to guide cognitive theories. Many cognitive abilities evolved not in the “Pleistocene hunter-gatherer” context, but earlier, in the context of other patterns of social organization and foraging.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , June 2002 , pp. 420 - 421
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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