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Did australopithecines (or early Homo) sling?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Karen R. Rosenberg ,
Roberta M. Golinkoff  and
Jennifer M. Zosh
Karen R. Rosenberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE19716
Roberta M. Golinkoff*
Affiliation:
School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE19716http://udel.edu/~roberta
Jennifer M. Zosh*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE19716
*
[email protected]
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Abstract:

Two arguments are critiqued here. The first is that hominin mothers “parked” their offspring; the evidence does not support that position. The second is that motherese developed to control the behavior of nonambulatory infants. However, Falk's case is stronger if we apply it to children who are already walking and more likely to be influenced by verbal information.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 522
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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