Triadic (ecological, neural, cognitive) niche construction: A scenario of human brain evolution extrapolating tool use and language from the control of reaching actions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1585, 2012, Pages 10-23

  Iriki, Atsushi ^a   Taoka, Miki ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMINID; LANGUAGE; NEUROLOGY; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 81555195449     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0190     Document Type: Review

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