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Evolutionary mechanisms of teaching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Peter Gärdenfors  and
Anders Högberg
Peter Gärdenfors
Affiliation:
Cognitive Science, Department of Philosophy, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden. [email protected]://www.fil.lu.se/person/PeterGardenfors Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa.
Anders Högberg
Affiliation:
Archaeology, Department of Cultural Sciences, Linnaeus University, 391 82 Kalmar, Sweden. [email protected]://lnu.se/employee/anders.hogberg?l=en Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa.
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Abstract

We argue that Kline's analysis does not account for the evolutionary mechanisms that can explain the uniqueness of human teaching. We suggest that data should be complemented by an analysis of archaeological material with respect to what forms of teaching are required for the transmission of technologies over generations.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e41
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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