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Cathedrals, symphony orchestras, and iPhones: The cultural basis of modern technology
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 35 (4):231-232 (2012)
Abstract
The distinctions drawn by Vaesen are plausible when we are comparing chimpanzees and human beings somewhere between the middle Paleolithic and the Neolithic. But since then new kinds of organization have vastly outstripped these neurological differences to account for the enormous advancement of human technology leaving our remarkable evolutionary cousins far behindMy notes
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