The environments of our Hominin ancestors, tool-usage, and scenario visualization

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-117

  Arp, R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive fluidity; Consciousness; Cosmides; Evolutionary psychology; Integration; Mithen; Scenario visualization; Segregation; Tooby; Tool usage

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COGNITION; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; SURVIVAL; TOOL USE;

EID: 33746740549     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-005-0443-z     Document Type: Article

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