New thinking: The evolution of human cognition

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1599, 2012, Pages 2091-2096

  Heyes, Cecilia ^a  

^a ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive development; Cultural evolution; Evolution of cognition; Human evolution; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; COEVOLUTION; COGNITION; CULTURAL CHANGE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 84863442661     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0111     Document Type: Article

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