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Imaginary worlds pervade forager oral tradition
1Anthropology Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97401, USA mscalise@uoregon.eduhttps://talkingstories.uoregon.edu/.
Abstract:
Imaginary worlds recur across hunter-gatherer narrative, suggesting that they are an ancient part of human life: to understand their popularity, we must examine their origins. Hunter-gatherer fictional narratives use various devices to encode factual information. Thus, participation in these invented worlds, born of our evolved ability to engage in pretense, may provide adaptations with information inputs that scaffold their development.
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