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On the evolutionary origins of the bifocal stance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2022

Walter Veit Open the ORCID record for Walter Veit [Opens in a new window]  and
Heather Browning Open the ORCID record for Heather Browning [Opens in a new window]
Walter Veit
Affiliation:
School of History and Philosophy of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia [email protected]://walterveit.com/
Heather Browning
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK [email protected]://www.heatherbrowning.net/
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Abstract

In this commentary we advance Jagiello et al.'s proposal by zooming in on the possible evolutionary origins of the “bifocal stance” that may have enabled a major transition in human cultural evolution, arguing that the evolution of the bifocal stance was driven by an explosion in cultural complexity arising from cooperative foraging, which led to a feedback loop between the ritual and instrumental stances.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e270
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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