The development of tool manufacture in humans: What helps young children make innovative tools?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1630, 2013, Pages

  Chappell, Jackie ^a   Cutting, Nicola ^a   Apperly, Ian A ^a   Beck, Sarah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative cognition; Development; Physical cognition; Tool innovation

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COGNITION; HUMAN EVOLUTION; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOL USE;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE COGNITION; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVENTION; MALE; PHYSICAL COGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOOL INNOVATION; TOOL USE;

COMPARATIVE COGNITION; DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL COGNITION; TOOL INNOVATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INVENTIONS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84885231820     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0409     Document Type: Article

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