早期石器制造的成本不能确定复制知识的存在
Claudio Tennie1,2, William D Snyder3,4, Ronald J Planer5,6
1Faculty of Science, Department of Geosciences, Working Group Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. c.tennie@gmail.com.
Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.)
|July 2, 2025
概括
人类的文化学习是独一无二的,但早期的石器制造成本并不支持人类复制先进的技术知识. 有证据表明,这种关键技能是在人类进化过程中后来发展出来的.
科学领域:
- 人类进化人类的进化.
- 考古学的考古学
- 认知科学是一种认知科学.
背景情况:
- 人类表现出先进的文化学习和知识传递,与其他猿类不同.
- 这种能力是人类文化成就的基础,如语言和宗教.
- 复制复杂的技术的演变是人类起源研究的一个关键领域.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地检查人类血统中增强的复制知识的时间.
- 评估与早期石器制造相关的成本是否反映了先进的复制能力.
- 为了确定奥尔多万和早期阿切尔人工具制造商是否具备显著的社会学习技能.
主要方法:
- 分析了与奥尔多万和早期阿丘勒人石头工具制造相关的成本.
- 调查早期工具生产的风险,危险,时间,能量,机会和材料成本.
- 独立证据的审查,关于本人在这一时期的发明力.
主要成果:
- 奥尔多万和早期阿丘勒人石器制造的成本并没有提供强有力的证据证明了先进的技术知识和复制能力.
- 有证据表明,这些早期石器的设计可能是由没有复杂的社会学习的个人发明的.
- 推断的成本并不支持在奥尔多万或早期阿切尔纪时期对人类社会学习的显著升级.
结论:
- 早期人类石头工具制造商具有显著的知识复制能力的案例目前很弱.
- 复制的先进技术的发展,这是一种至关重要的人类技能,很可能是在人类的后代发生的.
- 需要进一步的研究来确定人类进化中复杂的文化学习的出现.
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