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Peer reviewedTomasello, Michael – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2001
Characterizes primate and human forms of sociality and cultural transmission, describing the ontogeny of human cultural learning (joint attention, imitative learning, and cognitive representation). Humans share most cognitive skills and knowledge with other primates, but they also possess a species-unique social cognitive adaptation that enables…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits, Evolution, Infants
