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The role of play objects and object play in human cognitive evolution and innovation

Riede, Felix, Niels N. Johannsen, Anders Högberg, April Nowell and Lombard, Marlize. 2018. The role of play objects and object play in human...

Anders Högberg Anders Högberg Marlize Lombard Marlize Lombard

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How did Homo sapiens become Homo docens? On the evolution of social learning and teaching during the Paleolithic

The purpose of the project is to analyse why teaching has evolved only in the line leading to Homo sapiens.

Rudie Botha Rudie Botha Peter Gärdenfors Peter Gärdenfors Anders Högberg Anders Högberg Lars Larsson Lars Larsson Marlize Lombard Marlize Lombard
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