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Human Cognitive Evolution

Human Cognitive Evolution is a theoretical framework within cognitive science that specifies the developmental trajectory and adaptive mechanisms of human cognition over evolutionary time, distinguishing itself from related frameworks by its focus on the emergence, elaboration, and integration of distinctively human cognitive faculties such as symbolic reasoning, language, and cumulative culture.

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235

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Evolution Of Human Cognition

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Natural language and natural selection

Steven Pinker, Paul Bloom · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1990 · 2.5K citations

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Origins of the modern mind: three stages in the evolution of culture and cognition

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 2.5K citations

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Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology.

Gilbert Harman, Daniel C. Dennett · The Philosophical Review · 1980 · 1.7K citations

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Humans Have Evolved Specialized Skills of Social Cognition: The Cultural Intelligence Hypothesis

Esther Herrmann, Josep Call, María Victoria Hernández‐Lloreda et al. · Science · 2007 · 1.6K citations

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Cognition, evolution, and behavior

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 1.5K citations

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  1. TW
    Thomas Wynn

    University of Colorado Colorado Springs, United States

    11 publications · 1K citations

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  2. LG
    Liane Gabora

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    10 publications · 468 citations

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  3. DS
    Dietrich Stout

    Emory University, United States

    9 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. JC
    Josep Call

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    9 publications · 5.1K citations

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  5. JS
    John Sweller

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    9 publications · 1.4K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    22 h-index

    37 publications

    5.3K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    29 publications

    5K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    29 publications

    3.9K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    20 h-index

    48 publications

    21.3K citations

  5. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    32 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    16 h-index

    32 publications

    5K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    26 publications

    2.9K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    15 h-index

    25 publications

    3.8K citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 88 publications · 20.3K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 27 publications · 5.5K citations

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  3. Current Anthropology

    CA · 23 publications · 3.5K citations

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  5. Behavioral and Brain Sciences

    BBS · 33 publications · 7.9K citations

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