The comparative simplicity of tool-use and its implications for human evolution

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 14 (4):576-577 (1991)
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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax.Noam Chomsky - 1965 - Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press.
The sciences of the artificial.Herbert Alexander Simon - 1969 - [Cambridge,: M.I.T. Press.

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