文化在重建早期sapiens认知的双重作用
Andrea Bender1, Larissa Mendoza Straffon1, John B Gatewood2
1Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapienCE), University of Bergen.
Psychological review
|December 14, 2023
概括
了解早期人类认知需要考虑文化多样性. 这项研究提出了分析认知进化的方法,揭示了文化如何塑造祖先的思维.
科学领域:
- 认知考古学是一种认知考古学.
- 人类进化人类的进化.
- 文化人类学 文化人类学
背景情况:
- 关于早期智人认知的推断依赖于间接证据和当今的认知.
- 以前的研究往往忽视了不同文化传统和多样性的对认知进化的影响.
研究的目的:
- 研究文化对早期人类认知的深刻和双重影响.
- 突出考虑认知多样性的必要性,以了解祖先的能力和进化轨迹.
主要方法:
- 提出了两种策略:大规模推断和遗传学比较.
- 大规模推断过了多样性,以识别普遍的与文化形成的认知特征 (例如,思想理论).
- 遗传学比较利用多样性来重建认知特征 (例如宗教信仰) 的进化路径.
主要成果:
- 文化通过发展和进化从根本上构建了人类的认知,促进了认知多样化.
- 建议的方法,当结合起来,增强对早期智人认知能力及其出现的理解.
结论:
- 考虑认知多样性对于揭示早期智人认知及其进化历史至关重要.
- 这种方法为早期认知及其科学研究提供了新的见解.
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