Tool use as adaptation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1630, 2013, Pages

  Biro, Dora ^a   Haslam, Michael ^a   Rutz, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cognition; Culture; Ontogeny; Social learning; Technological evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; ANIMAL; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; ONTOGENY; SOCIAL LEARNING; TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; TOOL USE;

ANATOMY; COGNITION; CULTURE; ONTOGENY; SOCIAL LEARNING; TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84885199355     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0408     Document Type: Editorial

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