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The Symbol: The Origin and Basis of Human Behavior
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AnatomySymbol UseSocial SciencesHistory Of ScienceLiving TissueBehavioral SciencesCognitive ScienceCell DivisionSymbolic InteractionLeland Stanford UniversityEmbodied CognitionBasic UnitCell BiologySocial CognitionBiologyDevelopmental BiologySocial BehaviorHuman Behavior (Behavioral Psychology)Medicine
In July, 1939, a celebration was held at Leland Stanford University to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the discovery that the cell is the basic unit of all living tissue. Today we are beginning to realize and to appreciate the fact that the symbol is the basic unit of all human behavior and civilization.