The cognitive bases of human tool use

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 35 (4):203-262 (2012)
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Abstract

This article has two goals. First, it synthesizes and critically assesses current scientific knowledge about the cognitive bases of human tool use. Second, it shows how the cognitive traits reviewed help to explain why technological accumulation evolved so markedly in humans, and so modestly in apes.

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Krist Vaesen
Eindhoven University of Technology

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