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Tool Use Evolution

Tool Use Evolution is a theoretical framework within cognitive evolution that specifies the developmental trajectory and adaptive mechanisms through which hominin species progressively acquire, refine, and transmit increasingly complex instrumental behaviors in response to environmental and sociocognitive pressures.

249

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29.3K

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513

Authors

273

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2017–2026

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Publications

249

The cultural niche: Why social learning is essential for human adaptation

Robert Boyd, Peter J. Richerson, Joseph Henrich · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 1.3K citations

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Social intelligence, innovation, and enhanced brain size in primates

Simon M. Reader, Kevin N. Laland · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Tools, Language and Cognition in Human Evolution.

Bruno Latour, Kathleen R. Gibson, Tim Ingold · Man · 1994 · 824 citations

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Conformity to cultural norms of tool use in chimpanzees

Andrew Whiten, Victoria Horner, Frans Β. Μ. de Waal · Nature · 2005 · 782 citations

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Object manipulation, tool use and sensorimotor intelligence as feeding adaptations in cebus monkeys and great apes

Sue Taylor Parker, Kathleen R. Gibson · Journal of Human Evolution · 1977 · 695 citations

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Authors

513

  1. RD
    Russell D. Gray

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

    13

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  2. GR
    Gavin R. Hunt

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    10 publications · 1K citations

    10

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  3. GC
    Gregory Charles Westergaard

    National Institute of Child Health, Pakistan

    9 publications · 295 citations

    9

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  4. KZ
    Klaus Zuberbühler

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

    8

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  5. TG
    Thibaud Gruber

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    8 publications · 828 citations

    8

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Institutions

273

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    43 publications

    5K citations

  2. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    51 publications

    10.3K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    19 h-index

    84 publications

    19.5K citations

  4. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    15 h-index

    32 publications

    5.7K citations

  5. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    14 h-index

    39 publications

    3K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    5.2K citations

  7. Lincoln Park Zoo

    Chicago, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.7K citations

  8. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    3.8K citations

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  2. Journal of comparative psychology

    12 publications · 1K citations

    12

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  3. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 12 publications · 2K citations

    12

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  4. PLoS ONE

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. Animal Cognition

    11 publications · 1.3K citations

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