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Human Culture in Evolutionary Perspective
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Many animal species live in complex social groups, some of whom transmit information across generations “culturally”. Humans’ uniquely cultural way of life began with this kind of social organization but then acquired novel characteristics as a result of biological adaptations for interacting with other persons in species-unique forms of cooperative activity, including collaborative problem-solving, cooperative communication, and instructed learning. These more cooperative, cultural ways of doing things have as their psychological foundation various skills and motivations for shared intentionality.
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- Tomasello, M.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Tomasello, Michael
- ORCID
- Tomasello, Michael
- Venue
- Advances in Culture and Psychology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2010-12-24
- Pages
- 5-51
- OpenAlex
- W843742371
- Cited by
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- References
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Language and cultural evolution
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Keywords
- human culture, cultural evolution, social learning, cultural transmission, social organization, cooperation, collaborative problem solving, cooperative communication, shared intentionality, biological adaptation, animal social behavior
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